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By Brad Aaron

8:58 AM EDT on June 28, 2018

Cuomo’s MTA Neglect Is Victimizing Low-Income New Yorkers (NYT); See: This Morning (AMNY)
How Joe Lhota Subverted Ethics Rules to Maintain His Many Revenue Streams (Politico)
Eric Adams and Brooklynites to Albany: Do Your Job and Protect Speed Cams (WNYC)
City Sued for Failing to Accommodate Visually Impaired Pedestrians (NYT)
Queens Machine Declared Dead (Politico; News; Post 1, 2)
Maybe Joe Crowley (NYT) Should Have Done More of This (QTrib) Instead of This
Schwartz: Two-Way Toll Would Help VNB Traffic, But Congestion Pricing Would Be Better (News)
Long Islanders Organize Against Cuomo’s LI Sound Tunnel (Newsday)
DeFrancisco Says His Syracuse Tunnel Plan Will Live On, Like a Zombie, When He Retires (Syracuse.com)
Bushwick Demands Justice for Luz Gonzalez (News)
Drunk Driver Who Killed Cyclist Nancy Pease Gets Five to 15 Years (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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