Today’s Headlines
Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV Charged With DWI (News, Post, NYT) NYT: Crack Down on Placard Abuse Now Sander Pleas for MTA Funds, Catches Flak from Brodsky (NY1, Metro) Lew Fidler Has a Bone to Pick With Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (News) Queens Councilman Wants Free Parking for Hybrids (Post) MTA Launching Text Message Service Alerts … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EST on March 7, 2008
- Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV Charged With DWI (News, Post, NYT)
- NYT: Crack Down on Placard Abuse Now
- Sander Pleas for MTA Funds, Catches Flak from Brodsky (NY1, Metro)
- Lew Fidler Has a Bone to Pick With Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (News)
- Queens Councilman Wants Free Parking for Hybrids (Post)
- MTA Launching Text Message Service Alerts Soon (AMNY)
- Survey Says New Yorkers Take Climate Change Seriously (City Room)
- End of Oil Age Within Sight (NYT)
- Delayed Ruling on Yards Case Deals Setback to Ratner (Bklyn Paper)
- San Francisco Settles Traffic Death Lawsuit for $21M (SF Gate)
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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