Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:23 AM EST on February 15, 2018
- Driver Arrested for Killing Toolia Rambarose, 70, in Queens Crosswalk (Patch)
- Schumer Et Al. Haven’t Given Up on Federal Funding for Gateway (News, WNYC)
- Byford Hears From Straphangers at West Side L Train Forum (NY1)
- News Covers Council Effort to Get de Blasio to Help Bus Riders
- Diaz Jr. to de Blasio: Quit Grandstanding and Fund Affordable Fares (AMNY)
- 40th Precinct Higher-Up Indicted for Delaying Off-Duty Cop’s BAC Test (News)
- Cops Run Light, T-Bone Passenger Car on Eastchester Road (Bx Times)
- School Bus Driver and Motorist Collide at Broadway and 69th Street (Rag)
- Motorist Has Fatal Heart Attack While Driving on Jamaica Avenue (News)
- Police in Suffolk County Chased a Car Thief and Now 5 People Are Dead (NYT, 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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