Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EST on February 2, 2018
- Motorist Who Failed to Yield Kills Myriam Nino, 82, on Northern Blvd. (Post, News)
- Cranks Win! Manhattan CB 5 Delays Vote on Crosstown Bike Lanes (NY1)
- De Blasio’s Proposed Budget Ignores Cuomo’s MTA Extortion Stunt (NYT, Politico, WNYC, Post)
- MTA Backs Off Plan to Take MetroCard Machines Offline, for Now (Voice, AMNY, Post, NY1)
- Connecticut Can’t Afford Weekend Metro-North Service (NYT)
- Judge Convicts Police Brutality Protestor Prosecuted by NYPD for Jaywalking (News)
- Cy Vance Will Stop Prosecuting Turnstile Jumpers (Politico, Post)
- Who Will Die Before City Stems Sidewalk Incursions Near Fourth Ave. School? (BK Paper)
- Seniors in Cars Endangering Selves and Others: OK With DMV and NYPD, Hilarious to the Post
- Had to Happen: Narcissist Sues to Use Leonia Streets as Personal Cut-Through (NorthJersey.com)
- E-Bikes! (News, 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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