Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:01 AM EDT on April 12, 2010
- Markowitz on PPW Bike Lane: Parking Must Be Preserved to Prevent Exodus From Brooklyn (WNYC)
- Markowitz Requests 782 Fewer Parking Spaces at New Domino. You Read That Right. (Bklyn Paper)
- School Bus Driver Kills Queens Man in Ozone Park; No Charges Filed (News)
- Bensonhurst Hit-and-Run Leaves Cabbie Burned Beyond Recognition (News, Post)
- Apps Won’t Solve NYC Parking Crunch (NYT)
- The Free Ride Is Coming to an End for Broad Channel Residents (NYT)
- Vacca Invites Sadik-Khan to Diagnose Safety Problems at PS 97 (Post)
- Local Advos Want McCarren Park to Absorb One Block of Union Ave (Bklyn Paper)
- Yassky Has an Idea For Taxi Passengers Who Want to Report a Maniac Cabbie (NY1)
- Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter Mulling a Primary Challenge to Pedro Espada (BNN)
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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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