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Friday’s Headlines: A Little Sick Today Edition

We're feeling a little sick, so let's get right to the news:

By Streetsblog

7:47 AM EST on November 15, 2019

Friday’s Headlines: A Little Sick Today Edition

We’re feeling a little sick, so let’s get right to the news:

Gothamist covered the ~~news~~ press release that Via would offer $15 flat-rate rides from LaGuardia Airport to Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens (sorry, Staten Island and the Bronx — you pay $20). Fortunately, reporter Chris Robbins added value by pointing out that Via vanpools are no substitute for real public transit.
How dare ~~you~~ (us) for thinking that the new MTA “transformation director” is an executioner. (NY Post)
Politco’s Dana Rubinstein also picked up on that weird 9/11 justification for more MTA cops, just as our Dave Colon did.
The car as a weapon in the Bronx. (NYDN, NY Post)
The City has more on why the subway hell during Wednesday’s evening rush was not an isolated incident.
Mayor de Blasio complained that the MTA doesn’t have its fiscal house in order. (NY Post)
The East Side Resiliency project — basically a big berm to protect Manhattan from climate-related flooding — was approved. (NY Post)

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