Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EDT on November 1, 2017
- Greenway Motor Vehicle Attack: 8 Dead, 11 Injured (NYT 1, 2, 3; Gothamist; DNA; News)
- Killer Was a Professional Driver Who Once Drove a Cab (WNYC)
- 2 Attacks This Year and de Blasio and Cuomo Aren’t Talking About Fortifying Car-Free Spaces (AMNY)
- Cuomo Gave Himself Permission to Spend MTA Funds With No Oversight (Post)
- Governor and Cronies Still Threatening to Halt Subway Fixes Unless New Yorkers Pay Up (NY1)
- Sifuentes: Straphangers Pay a Regressive Tax Every Time the MTA Fails Them (City Limits)
- Even With MTA Problems, in What Major U.S. City Would Amazon Find Better Transit? (News)
- Cy Vance Goes Easy on Bus Operator Whose Aggressive Driving Killed Dan Hanegby (Gothamist, News)
- Box Truck Driver Hospitalizes Second Avenue Cyclist; NYPD Blames Victim (DNA)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures 17-Year-Old in Long Island City (News)
- Woman Arrested for Intentionally Running Over Husband in Windsor Terrace (News)
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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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