Today’s Headlines

• Prendergast Confirms 2015 Fare Hike, Urges Proposed Capital Plan Improvements (NBC, PIX, CBS)
• Private Trash Truck Driver Kills Chinatown Pedestrian; NYPD Preps Hit-and-Run Defense (DNA, Post)
• Witness: Edgar Torres Had Right of Way When He Was Struck and Killed by MTA Bus Driver (WNYC)
• 88th Precinct Barely Enforcing Dangerous Driving Violations After Death of Lucian Merryweather (DNA)
• Brooklyn Paper: Does Brooklyn Really Want More Citi Bike? You Decide!
• Will Uber and Lyft Usher in the Future, or Set NYC Back 100 Years? (CapNY)
• NYPD Records Indicate Horse Carriages Are Involved in Around Five Crashes a Year (DNA)
• “Depressing” Fourth Avenue Subway Station to Get Pop-Up Makeover as Locals Await MTA Action (DNA)
• Classy: Boyfriend of Aide Name Drops Chirlane McCray to Get Out of Parking Ticket Tab (News)
• NYC Just Can’t Bring Itself to Acknowledge the Humanity of Traffic Crash Victims (NBC)
• Happy Halloween, Straphangers (SAS, News)

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