Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on June 21, 2018
- Cuomo MIA as State Senate Kills Speed Camera Program (Politico 1, 2; C&S; NYT; Post)
- Related: These Parents Will Just Have to Keep Begging Drivers to Let Their Children Live (Advance)
- Related: Ross Barkan Anatomizes Albany’s Current Morass (Voice)
- Thank God Cuomo Managed to Get His AirTrain Bill Passed (WSJ, @YanceyRoy)
- As His Subway Is Literally Collapsing on Top of People (Voice, Gothamist, News, Post)
- Rechler Assails Runaway MTA Construction Costs — Now What? (AMNY)
- Here’s How Van Bramer’s Flip-Flopping Played in the Local Press (Sunnyside Post, TL)
- Marty Golden, Transit Champion (KCP)
- Federal Prosecutors Add Charges Against Greenway Killer (Post)
- How NYT Transit Reporter Emma Fitzsimmons Does Her Job — Without a Placard
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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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