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By
Brad Aaron
8:34 AM EDT on April 20, 2018
- Big News: De Blasio to Announce Central Park Car Ban Today (News, NY1, Post)
- Electeds Suddenly Fed Up With Out of Whack Bridge Tolls (NYT)
- DOT Releases 2018 Bike Map/”Official Free Parking Guide” (Bike Snob/TransAlt)
- TransAlt Leads Rally for Improvements to Boston Road (Bx Times)
- A Police Chase in Staten Island Last Week Could Have Easily Killed Several Bystanders (Advance)
- What NYPD Does When Not Investigating Traffic Injuries and Deaths (Advance 1, 2)
- NYPD Highway Vet Who Killed 2 Stole From Department to Trick Out Personal Car (News, Post)
- Court Says Trump Can’t Withhold Public Safety Grants From Sanctuary Cities (AP)
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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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