Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on November 4, 2010
- Republicans, Skelos Poised to Retake Control of State Senate (NYT, News)
- Weiner: Transit Funding Could Be an Early Casualty Under Speaker Boehner (News)
- Cuomo Already Preparing His Government-in-Waiting (Post, City Room)
- MTR, RPA Survey the Transpo Landscape After Election Day
- Livery Car Congestion Makes for Dangerous Bus Drop-Offs at Queens Center Mall (NY1)
- You Can Vote on How to Spend $7M for Greenpoint Waterfront Improvements (Bklyn Paper)
- Roberta Gratz Is Moving From Landmarks Commission to Mayor’s Sustainability Panel (City Room)
- Tony Avella Is Back on the Scene After Taking Out Frank Padavan for Queens State Senate Seat (NY1)
- Things Could Be Worse; This Guy Could Be Your Mayor (Ebert)
- David Byrne Discovers That Getting a Parking Perk Is a Piece of Cake (Gothamist)
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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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