Today’s Headlines

• With Offer on the Table (News), MTA Releases LIRR Strike Contingency Plan (Gothamist, WNYC)
• Judge Blocks NYC Lyft Launch, Pending Decision on Suit Filed by City (Post)
• Witnesses Say Driver Who Hit 8-Year-Old in Norwood Was Texting; NYPD: No Criminality (News)
• Digitized Complaint System Allows TLC to Pursue More Cabbie Violations (I Quant NY, Post)
• Upper East Siders Propose Rooftop Park for Waste Transfer Station (News)
• Attorney for Accused DWI Killer Preps “Too Drunk to Know What He Was Doing” Defense (News)
• Brooklyn Hit-and-Run That Killed Mother and Daughter Unsolved After 20 Years (News)
• Ginia Bellafante Wonders Why There’s No Ferry for Hamptons Getaways. Oh and Commuters (NYT)
• What Happens When a Citi Bike Member Behaves Like Millions of NYC Motorists (Gothamist)
• Times Square Is Too Seedy for the New York Post
• “And What Is It That Makes Brooklyn the ‘Epicenter of Cool,’ Mr. Markowitz?” (Gothamist)

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