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By Brad Aaron

8:59 AM EDT on September 22, 2017

Bill de Blasio Is a Coward (Gothamist)
Who You Gonna Believe, Straphangers — Cuomo or Your Own Lyin’ Eyes? (Voice, NYT, DNA)
Post: The MTA Needs Transparency to Protect Public From Governors Like Cuomo
Will the Climate Change Visionary’s Massive New Highway Bridge Have Space for Buses? (MTR)
NTSB: Engineers Who Caused NJ Transit, LIRR Crashes Had Sleep Apnea; Trump: Whatever (AP)
Attorney Banks on Jury to Empathize With Driver Who Killed Victoria Nicodemus (DNA)
“Ride Out” Cyclist Talks to Gothamist About NYPD Arrests
NYPD Detective Charged for Assaulting, Pulling Gun on Cyclist (NYT, News, Post, DNA)
DOT Construction Delays Endanger Life and Limb Outside Forest Hills School (DNA)
Take a Walk Under the Soul-Crushing Highway NYC Plans to Spend Billions to Sustain (NYT)
New York Isn’t London (NYT)

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Brad Aaron

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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