Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on September 21, 2017
- Straphangers Are Still Paying for Cuomo’s Second Avenue Subway Glory Grubbing (NYT)
- Gothamist, Daily News Mock Cuomo’s Subway Progress Claim; Related: Post
- Andrew Cuomo: Asphalt Fetishist, Transit Charlatan, Climate Change Leader (Politico)
- News Calls on Cuomo’s DMV to Shut Down Bus Companies With Poor Safety Records
- Raymond Mong Caused a Crash in Queens After His Connecticut DWI Arrest (News)
- On-Duty NYPD Officers Hit 2, Including 5-Year-Old, in Staten Island and Bronx Crashes (News)
- StreetsPAC-Endorsed Brian Cunningham to Challenge Mathieu Eugene Again in November (DNA)
- DOT Installs Speed Humps to Protect People From This Staten Island Advance Writer
- Motorist Entitlement Knows No Borders (NBC)
- Who Will Save Us From the Children and Their Bicycles? (TransAlt, Gothamist, AMNY)
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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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