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8:56 AM EDT on August 15, 2017

    • How Hard Will Cuomo Fight to Get Congestion Pricing Across the Finish Line? (Politico)
    • Daily News Wants to See Albany Enact Move NY ASAP
    • Midtown Streets Were for Protest Yesterday (News, Gothamist)
    • NYPD Stopped and Boarded Every Bus That Went By Trump Tower (Post)
    • Uber Spent $1.2 Million Lobbying Albany on This Year's Ride-Hailing Bill (News)
    • More Coverage of MTA and DOT's Lackluster Grades on Bus Service (NY1)
    • A Parking Spot Dispute Escalated Into a Fatal Stabbing (News, DNA, Bklyner)
    • More Road Rage in Queens: Correction Officer Flashes Gun at Another Driver (News)
    • South Queens Pols Rallying Behind Bike-Share Start-Up Spin (AMNY, Crain's)
    • Joe Lhota Failed to Make Good on an Old Campaign Pledge (Post, DNA)

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