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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EDT on July 5, 2018
- Unless Cuomo Et Al. Act, Kids in Summer School Won’t Be Protected From Speeding Drivers (News)
- Gelinas to Albany Republicans: Don’t Be the Party That Undermines Public Safety (City Journal)
- Cuomo Is Never Going to Take Responsibility for the Subway (Politico); More: Post
- Gridlock Sam and Ellen Baer Pitch Two-Way Verrazano Toll in News Op-Ed
- MTA to Increase Service on the Q6 and Q69 (Queens Gazette)
- Voice Doesn’t Like Corporate Logos on Curbside Car-Share Signs
- City Hall Gropes for Response to Cab Driver Suicides (Politico)
- Two Cops Arrested for DWI and Other Motorized Mayhem This Week — So Far (Gothamist, Post, PIX)
- No Known Charges for Driver Who “Fell Asleep” on Flatbush Ave., Critically Injuring Passenger (Post)
- Car-Oriented Companies Have Seen the Future, and It Isn’t Cars (NYT)
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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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