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8:50 AM EDT on September 8, 2017

    • Trump Won't Commit to Funding Gateway (NYT, Politico)
    • Cuomo Wrings Another Day of Coverage From His Subway Trash Stunt (NYT)
    • Mark-Viverito Backs Congestion Pricing as de Blasio Resorts to Anecdata (Crain's, News, Gothamist)
    • Joe Lentol and Eric Gonzalez Announce Bill to Strengthen Hit-and-Run Penalties ... (News)
    • ... But Gonzalez Still Hasn't Charged Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez (Bklyn Paper)
    • Upper West Siders Protest Pending Cuts to M72 and M66 Service (DNA)
    • MTA Bus Driver Severely Injures Teenage Cyclist in Flushing (EQG); Cops, Post Blame Victim
    • Years Later, Victim of NYPD Crash Struggles to Piece Life Together (DNA, News)
    • Brooklyn Bike Shop Puts Kids With Disabilities on Wheels (NYT)
    • Meanwhile, Toward the Other End of the Human Spectrum (NYT)

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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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