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Thursday’s Headlines: Total Washout Edition
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Rain basically scuttled all our plans for hitting the streets yesterday afternoon into today, but we'll be back later with some shoe-leather reporting and saddle sores. Until then, here's the news from yesterday:
Wednesday’s Headlines: Good for You, Governor Edition
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An "extraordinary" legislative session (aka lawmakers doing their freakin' jobs). Plus all the other news.
A Round and a Roundy: The Driver’s Eye View of the World
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Leave it to our national treasure cartoonist to put things in perspective.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Subway Meltdown Redux Edition
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The big story yesterday was all the Monday-morning quarterbacking about the electrical blip that ground the subway to a halt late on Sunday night. Plus other news in today's digest.
Monday’s Headlines: Big Day for Transportation Edition
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Today will be a busy day for transportation nerds all over the tri-state area. Plus all the other news.
Thursday’s Headlines: Summer Doldrums Edition
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Seriously, very little happened yesterday (except the Health Commissioner driving to an event to which he could have easily taken the subway), but here's the full roundup.
The Health Commissioner Used a Pollution-Spewing, Global Warming-Exacerbating, Asthma-Contributing Vehicle to Get to An Event Today
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Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi — the sworn enemy of asthma and pollution — was driven from Jackson Heights to Times Square. His boss didn't care, but here's why you should.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Literally Nowhere is Safe from Car Drivers Edition
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At the end of the day, the dailies won't cover it, but two people — two! — were injured in separate crashes over the weekend in New York City's own little Mayberry: Roosevelt Island. Plus all the other news.
A Round and a Roundy: An Environmental Study About an Environmental Plan?
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It's almost as if the MTA is just making stuff up, our national treasure cartoonist says.
Tuesday’s Headlines: The End of an Era Error
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Gov. Cuomo's farewell address on Monday was widely panned (by the media and his best friend, pictured). Plus all the other news.
Monday’s Headlines: Henri Ennui Edition
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Gov. Cuomo was in Big Dog Excelsior Car Guy mode over the weekend. Plus all the other news.
How To Avoid the Other COVID Plague: Traffic
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But there is a willingness for citizens to move to active methods of travel, such as cycling, rather than replacing public transport modes with cars.