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Today’s Headlines

Drivers Collide in Canarsie, Killing Mom and Injuring Child on Sidewalk (AMNY, NY1, Post) De Blasio on Fair Fares: You’re Welcome, New York (Post, AMNY, WNYC, Gothamist) More on Yesterday’s Council Parking Hearing: NY1, AMNY Sensing Regulatory Threat, Uber Abandons Bullying for Charm Offensive (Politico) NYPD Faulted Action Carting Driver for Killing Neftaly Ramirez, Then Changed … Continued

By Brad Aaron

8:49 AM EDT on June 13, 2018

Drivers Collide in Canarsie, Killing Mom and Injuring Child on Sidewalk (AMNY, NY1, Post)
De Blasio on Fair Fares: You’re Welcome, New York (Post, AMNY, WNYC, Gothamist)
More on Yesterday’s Council Parking Hearing: NY1, AMNY
Sensing Regulatory Threat, Uber Abandons Bullying for Charm Offensive (Politico)
NYPD Faulted Action Carting Driver for Killing Neftaly Ramirez, Then Changed Finding (BK Paper)
What It’s Like When a Carting Worker Wrecks a Massive Garbage Truck (Gothamist)
NYPD Arrests 18-Year-Old for Prospect Park Hit-and-Run (BK Paper)
Unlike Yellow Cabs, the TLC Allows FHVs to Go Without Inspections for Years (NYT)
Bronx ~~Free Parking Preservation~~ Community Boards Gripe About Curbside Car-Share (Bx Times)
Ben’s Best Owner Sells PIX on “Bike Lane Killed My Business” Narrative

Brad Aaron

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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