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8:58 AM EDT on July 21, 2017

    • Make No Mistake: Joe Lhota Does as Andrew Cuomo Says (NYT, Politico, News, Post)
    • NYC Democrats Remain Silent as Cuomo Allows the Subway System to Collapse (Voice)
    • WNYC Has a Round-Up of the Week in Subway Misery; More: DNA
    • Cuomo, Running the MTA, Announces $5B in LIRR Upgrades (QNS)
    • Post Knocks Cuomo's Budget Shell Games; MTA Board Member: Let's Raise Taxes (Post)
    • The Times Toured the Nearly Completed Gateway Tunnels on the Far West Side
    • Jim Dwyer Isn't Buying City Hall's Excuses for Neglected Play Streets Program (NYT)
    • QChron Covered CB 11's Last-Minute Attempt to Derail Northern Blvd. Safety Improvements
    • DOT Does Nothing as Sinkhole Swallows East River Greenway (DNA)
    • Curb-Jumping Driver Critically Injures Woman Walking in the 19th Precinct (DNA, Post, NY1)
    • The Bikelash Well Never Runs Dry at The Brooklyn Paper

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Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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