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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on July 20, 2018
- Senate GOP Speed Cam Strategy: Insult People Who Lost Everything to Dangerous Driving (News)
- Deborah Glick Talks With WNYC About Speed Cam Obstruction
- Watchdogs Want Reforms to Prohibit MTA CEO Moonlighting (Politico)
- With 7 Train Backdrop, Nixon Hammers Cuomo for MTA Neglect (News)
- De Blasio Won’t Let Judge Derail His Big Oil Suit Stunt (NYT)
- Now That He Has Cover From the Mayor Van Bramer Is All About a Safer 43rd/Skillman (QTrib)
- Citi Bike Does Not Reach Neighborhoods Where Many SNAP Recipients Live (Politico)
- New York’s Headphone Laws Codify Traffic Violence Victim-Blaming (NYT)
- Truck Driver Severely Injures Man Walking on Amsterdam Avenue; NYPD, Rag Smear Victim
- Health and Safety Concerns a Footnote as Fresh Direct Opens Mott Haven Depot (Bx Times)
- Motorcycle Fatalities in East Harlem (Post) and Laurelton (QChron)
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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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