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Could a tax on East River bridges ease some of North Brooklyn’s transportation woes? The area’s council members, Antonio Reynoso and Stephen Levin, think so. Today they threw their support behind the Move NY Fair Plan, which aims to combat congestion and generate some of the $15.2 billion funding gap in the MTA’s 2015-2019 Capital Plan.
Photos, Video: Ferguson Protesters Again Flooded the Streets (and Highways, and Bridges)
A day after protesters blocked the Manhattan and Triborough Bridges, demonstrators once again took to the streets — this time in far greater numbers — to protest a grand jury’s decision not to charge Darren Wilson.
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This Skateboard Shaped Like the New Museum Looks Sick, But Can It Shred?
A house of stacked boxes that teeters upwards from the Bowery, the New Museum’s silhouette doesn’t seem like apt inspiration for a skateboard. But that hasn’t stopped the museum — last seen hawking Bowery-scented air fresheners — from teaming up with Chapman to create a limited edition deck in the shape of its iconic Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA-designed building.
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