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8:54 AM EDT on May 30, 2017

    • NYT: Cuomo Has to Fix the Subways, and It Starts With Picking a "Capable and Credible" MTA Chief
    • Pat Foye Not Interested in Splitting Power at the MTA With Cuomo Enforcer Larry Schwartz (News)
    • Must-Read Interview With the Anonymous Crusader Behind @PlacardAbuse in Tribeca Citizen 
    • Gridlock Sam: De Blasio's School Placard Surge Makes It "More Likely We'll Have Children Hit By Cars" (NYT)
    • Daily News: Discipline in Minting New Placards Beats a Crackdown After the Fact
    • Drugged SUV Driver Kills Pedestrian Jinhe Niu, 67, in Flushing Monday Night (News)
    • Multiple Drivers Strike and Kill Man Near Cross-Bronx Expressway Ramp, None Stop (Post, News)
    • More Carnage: 17 Injured in Bus-Truck Collision (ABC7); Fatal 2-Car Crash (News); Van Driver Injures Motorcyclist (News); S.I. Hit-and-Run (Post)
    • Eric Adams: East New York Deserves a Better LIRR Station Than What the MTA Provides (AMNY)
    • De Blasio Waits for Cuomo to Answer for the MTA's Struggles (Politico)
    • What Would Harlem Be Without Its... Gas Stations? (NYT)
    • Pity Poor Steve Cuozzo and His Desperate Bid for Clicks (TransAlt)

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Ben Fried
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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