Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:07 AM EDT on September 29, 2017
- Will Cuomo’s DOT Pull the Rug Out From Bus Riders on the New Tappan Zee? (News12, RC Times)
- Daily News Grateful Drunk Driver Wasn’t Hurt When He Killed Brooklyn Pedestrian
- Done Deal: 60 Days for SI Driver Whose Negligence Ended the Life of Alexa Cioffi (DNA)
- Mistrial Prolongs Agony for Family of Victoria Nicodemus (DNA, News)
- Jeff Klein Plans Crackdown on Charter Buses With Poor Safety Records (AMNY)
- Schumer, Booker Want Federal Sleep Test Regs for Transit, Commercial Vehicle Operators (AMNY)
- City and State Electeds Call Out MTA for Broken Subway Elevators and Escalators (NY1)
- Voice Checks Out the MTA Performance Dashboard
- Ferries: De Blasio Orders Bigger Boats (AMNY); Developers Consider SI-Manhattan Route (DNA)
- Driver Runs Over Brooklyn Car Wash Worker — No Word on Charges (News)
- Protege Aims to Continue Simanowitz Legacy of Depriving Queens of Better Buses (DNA)
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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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