Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on October 26, 2017
- IBO Graphics Quantify Time Lost to Subway Delays (Gothamist, Post)
- NYC Is Scaling Back Post-Sandy Flood Protection Measures, Now Years Behind (WNYC, NY1, DNA)
- Suffolk DA Thomas Spota Indicted for Interfering With Police Assault Investigation (NYT)
- Lhota: Next Gen Fare Cards Will Be Sold Retail (WNYC); MTA Drops Alcohol Ads (NYT, News)
- No One Showed Up to Protest Sunset Park Bike Lanes; Brooklyn Paper: Bikelash!
- Cuomo Revives Barry Diller’s Pier 55 Project, Promises to Pitch In for Hudson River Park (Politico, NYT)
- How the Governor Is Investing in Upstate Downtown Revivals (Politico)
- Parents Want to Fortify Lower Manhattan School Play Street to Keep Motorists Out (Trib)
- Motorist Kills TLC Driver Standing Near Car on LIE in Queens; No Charges (News)
- Advance: Driverless Car Crashes Into Graniteville Store, Hospitalizes Customer
- Related: What’s Scary About This Halloween Display Is We’re All Living It (Post)
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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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