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City Requests More Authority to Impose Safety Standards on Private Trash Haulers

<p>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&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.</p>


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Six-Month License Suspension for Truck Driver Who Killed Tourist in Manhattan Crosswalk

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NYPD: “No Criminality Suspected” After Turning Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist in Tribeca

<p>David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as deputy editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.</p>


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David Meyer

Action Carting Holds Another $51 Million in City Contracts Under Other Names

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Bypassing the Courts, NYPD Clears Hit-and-Run Trash Hauler Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez

Drivers With Action Carting Have Killed 5 People Since 2008, and the Company Still Holds $74 Million in City Contracts

Private Trash Haulers Are a Street Safety Menace — It’s Time for Carting Route Reforms

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Highway Removal

Cuomo’s Sheridan Expressway Plan Is Not What the South Bronx Asked For

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Will Cuomo Botch the Sheridan Expressway Removal?

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Few Details From NYPD After Sanitation Truck Driver Kills Woman in Greenwich Village

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