Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on November 3, 2017
- Cuomo’s Broken Subway Left Riders in the Lurch Again Yesterday (Post)
- Are Officials Finally Serious About Protecting NYC’s Car-Free Spaces? (News, Politico)
- If So They’ve Got to Do Better Than This (NYT, News)
- Gelinas: City Has to Rationalize Scattershot Approach to Separating Cars From People (CJ)
- News: Intransigent de Blasio Is the Outlier on Congestion Pricing
- Parking Is a Bankable Commodity That NYC Gives Away for Free (NYT)
- MTA Opens Renovated Prospect Avenue R Station (Bklyn Paper)
- Staten Island DA’s Office to Motorists With Out of State Plates: We See You (Advance)
- Fetty Wap Charged With DWI and Drag Racing in Red Hook (News)
- A Paean to the 210th Street Bikeway and Growing Up on Two Wheels in Queens (EQG)
- Blow to Safe Streets Coverage: Ricketts Shuts Gothamist and DNA After Union Vote (NYT, Voice, WNYC)
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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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