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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on September 6, 2017
- Time for de Blasio to Make Fifth Avenue a Free Assembly Zone (Gothamist, AMNY, Voice, News, Post)
- Crain’s Columnist Greg David Has Advice for Toll Reform Advocates
- The Daily News Snuck a Peek at an Open-Gangway Subway Car Prototype
- Motorists Store Cars on NYC Streets for Free, But Citi Bike Has to Pay (Post)
- De Blasio Wants Housing on Site Pledged for Park Land in Yankee Stadium Deal (Voice)
- Drunk Driver Hits Six People on Bushwick Sidewalk, Is Charged With Assault (DNA, WABC)
- Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Woman Walking Dog in Washington Heights (News)
- Staten Island Motorist Breaks Leg of 12-Year-Old Riding Bike, Drives Away (DNA)
- Car Thief Strikes and Injures Action Carting Worker on Lower East Side (DNA)
- Brown Bike Girl: Next Week’s Primaries “Carry a Lot of Weight” for Cyclists of Color
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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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