Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EST on January 4, 2018

Expect Weather to Complicate Your Commute Today, Unless You're Driving (NY1)
Cuomo Mostly Gets a Pass for Cagey SOTS: NYT; Politico 1, 2; C&S; News 1, 2; WNYC
News Lays Into Governor Hard Hat for Barely Mentioning Transit Crisis; Also: NY1, Voice
Meanwhile, the Times Devoted Ink to the Red Hook Subway Distraction
De Blasio Still Region's Lone Sentient Being With No Knowledge of Move NY (Politico)
Corey Johnson Officially Elected Council Speaker (NYT 1, 2; Politico; News)
Subway Clocks: Useless When They Don't Work or Straphangers Can't See Them (Post)
Former Cuomo Adviser Howard Glaser Has Thoughts on NYC Traffic (News)
Motorists Keep Running Over DOT Posts Meant to Slow Turns at Deadly UWS Crossing (Rag)
How Did the Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Adrian Blanc Get a Rental Car? (News)
Imagine the TEA Brave Enough to Ticket This NYPD Psychopath (News)

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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