Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:52 AM EDT on August 2, 2017
- Motorist Kills Man in Rego Park, Flees Scene (Post)
- Cuomo Moves Foye to MTA; Christie Crony to Head PANYNJ (Politico, NYT, WNYC, MTR, Post)
- Voice: MTA Subway Performance Metrics Don’t Really Help Diagnose Delays
- Prediction: More Cops Underground Won’t Fix the Subway (Gothamist)
- Train Arrival Clocks Are Live on the A/C and B/D Lines (Rag)
- De Blasio Placard Crackdown Inaction Outside Queens Borough Hall (DNA)
- Mayor and NYPD Differ on How Best to Harass Working Cyclists (AMNY)
- Driver Runs Over Woman in Grasmere, Keeps Driving (Advance)
- Moya Wipes Indies From Ballot (News, DNA); Hikind Bucks Greenfield Pick (News)
- What’s to Become of Willets Point? (NY1)
- Try Citi Bike Today for Free (Gothamist)
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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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