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Today’s Headlines

8:25 AM EST on February 28, 2008

    • Pricing Opponents Try to Make MTA Capital Plan a Talking Point (Newsday, NYT)
    • 2nd Ave Sagas Breaks Down the Plan
    • Bloomberg: I Won't Run for President (NYT)
    • Anti-Pricing Bloc Gathering Strength in Assembly (Post)
    • Pro-Pricing PR Campaign Hits the Subways (Queens Courier)
    • More on 2nd Avenue Subway Lag (AMNY, Post)
    • Repairs in Store for Unsafe Station Platforms (AMNY)
    • Mayor Announces Fuel Efficiency Standards for Black Cars (NYT, Post, NY1, Sun)
    • City Council Approves Scaled-Down Green Carts Bill (Post, Sun)
    • New Yorker With Out-of-State Plates Says His Parking Tickets Are Bogus (News)
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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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