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Today’s Headlines

Two of the Fare Hike Four Throw Control of State Senate to GOP (NYT, News, Post, 2nd Ave Sagas) What’s the Right Thing to Do With Hummer Brand? Destroy It (The Ethicist) Times Square Alliance Adding Extra Clean-Up Crews to Handle New Ped Plazas (Post) The High Line Makes Its Debut (Arts Beat) Post Swoons … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:08 AM EDT on June 9, 2009

Two of the Fare Hike Four Throw Control of State Senate to GOP (NYT, News, Post, 2nd Ave Sagas)
What’s the Right Thing to Do With Hummer Brand? Destroy It (The Ethicist)
Times Square Alliance Adding Extra Clean-Up Crews to Handle New Ped Plazas (Post)
The High Line Makes Its Debut (Arts Beat)
Post Swoons for a New Public Space That’s Not on the Street
Feds Commit to Funding Trans-Hudson “Mass Transit Tunnel” — Formerly ARC (MTR)
Matt Schuerman Reports on His Bike Commute From Ditmas Park (WNYC)
State Sen. Dan Squadron Talks About Residential Parking Permits With Brian Lehrer (WNYC)
Some Mott Haven Homeowners Don’t Want Street Trees (News)
Where Walking Isn’t Even an Option to Go Next Door (Urban Review STL via Streetsblog.net)

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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