Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:39 AM EDT on September 15, 2017
- Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Yan Jindee on Broadway at Walker — No Charges (News, @RightofWayNYC)
- MTA Tried to Blame Thursday Subway Delays on Riders … (NYT, Post, NY1, News, Gothamist)
- … Then Lhota Blamed New Yorkers for Not Paying Enough Into the System (News)
- Daily News Editorial on Yesterday’s Subway Meltdown Is Suitable for Framing
- MTA Says Cuomo’s Pretty Bridge and Tunnel Towers Are for Security (News, WNYC)
- Renovation Work Will Shut Two Astoria N/W Stations for Eight Months (DNA)
- Easy “Climate Week” Win for de Blasio: Direct DOT to Speed Up Buses (NYT, Politico)
- Malliotakis Draws Attention to DDC Dysfunction (Post)
- Livery Driver Critically Injures Cyclist in East Flatbush; NYPD Blames Victim (DNA)
- NYPD Still Looking for SI Driver Who Broke Child’s Leg and Fled the Scene (Advance)
- Eight Years of Chris Christie Has Broken the Spirit of New Jersey Voters (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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