Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:31 AM EST on March 1, 2010
- Ravitch: Medicaid Spending Crowding Out Infrastructure in NY State Budget (NYT)
- Silver Asks for Ravitch to Take Over State Budget Negotiations (News)
- Proposed Cuts to NYC Bus Service Would Affect 200,000 Riders (AMNY)
- What’s Next on the Agenda for Livable Streets and Green Transport in Manhattan? (Post)
- Ben Kabak: MTA Board Hearings “a Legally Mandated Charade”
- Neal Peirce on TIGER: About Time State DOTs Competed for Federal Transpo Funds (Citiwire)
- Port Authority Commits to Cashless Tolls (SI Live, NY1)
- Ex-Marine Kills Would-Be Car Thief in St. Albans; No Charges Filed (NYT, News, Post)
- Plaintiffs Have Until Mid-March to Appeal Decision Upholding NYPD Parade Rules (Villager)
- Yglesias: Transit Is as American as Apple Pie
- Seinfeld Gets Driven to TV Studio. Yada, Yada, Yada… Cops Investigate His Placard (1010WINS, Post)
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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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