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Today’s Headlines

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People Can’t Imagine Times Square Without the Plazas (NYT, Gothamist) Steve Cuozzo Has a Conspiracy Theory About the Daily News Campaign Against Desnudas (Post) Bratton Talks Times Square on the Radio Without Mentioning Ripping Up Plazas (News) American Cities Have Trouble Managing Their Pedestrian Streets (NYT) Denis Hamill: “Make Times Square Like New York” By […]

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De Blasio on Plazas: What a Boob (NYT, WSJ, Post, News, Observer, WNYC, Crain’s, Politico, DNA, PIX) Justin Davidson Takes de Blasio to Task (NY Mag) Well, at Least the Mayor Has AAA on His Side (News) NYPD: 61-Year-Old Far Rockaway Cyclist Killed After He “Slammed Into the Side” of Truck (News) Woman Dies After SUV Door Opens […]

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Ryan Russo Defends DOT’s Refusal to Include Bike Lanes in Street Redesigns (Architect’s Newspaper) Cuomo Continues to Say Hudson Rail Tunnel Isn’t His Problem (News, AP); the Times Disagrees Dan Donovan Doesn’t Comprehend Why This Hudson Rail Tunnel Thing Is Such a Big Deal (Politico) De Blasio: Prepare for a Total Reset of NYC Taxi and For-Hire Regulations (WNYC via […]

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Mallory Weisbrod, 24, Dies a Week After Driver Hit Her on Sidewalk; No Charges (News, Post, Gothamist) Now, the Story Is That Cuomo Didn’t Attend Rail Tunnel Meeting Because He Wasn’t Invited (NYT) Everybody Wants the Rail Tunnel — Nobody Wants to Pay for It (Politico, WNYC, News, Observer) Jackson Heights Pedestrian Seriously Injured After Cabbie […]

Today’s Headlines

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Christie and Foxx — But Not Cuomo — Meet to Discuss Hudson Rail Tunnel (AP, WSJ) Keeping Woodhaven Buses Stuck in Traffic Does Not Make Them Faster. Duh. (Q Chron) Top Complaint Downtown: Too Much Space Devoted to Cars, Overcrowded Sidewalks (DNA) CB 7 Releases Survey on What Upper West Siders Think of West End […]

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NYT Editorial Board: Cuomo’s Gateway Disavowal “Makes No Sense” Helen Rosenthal CB Appointee Dan Zweig Preemptively Attacks Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane (Post) Daily News: Yellow Cab Rides Fell 10 Percent in First Six Months of 2015 Medallion Owners Say 2013 Court Ruling Should Prevent Uber From Using Electronic Hails (Crain’s) Gelinas: De Blasio Should Increase Subway Funding, Build Utica […]