Today’s Headlines
Fare Hike 2011: Price of Monthly Unlimited Will See Steepest Rise (Post, AMNY, SAS) 2nd Ave Subway, East Side Access Construction Could Drag Until 2018, MTA Admits (Observer, SAS) MTA, TWU Agree on Mediator for Cost-Savings Negotiation (NY1) New Consumer Protection Agency Can’t Touch Teflon Car Dealers (NYer) Truck Firms With Mega-Project Contracts Investigated for … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on July 12, 2010
- Fare Hike 2011: Price of Monthly Unlimited Will See Steepest Rise (Post, AMNY, SAS)
- 2nd Ave Subway, East Side Access Construction Could Drag Until 2018, MTA Admits (Observer, SAS)
- MTA, TWU Agree on Mediator for Cost-Savings Negotiation (NY1)
- New Consumer Protection Agency Can’t Touch Teflon Car Dealers (NYer)
- Truck Firms With Mega-Project Contracts Investigated for Defrauding Pension, Health Funds (NYT)
- The First Step to Beating Oil Dependence Is Admitting You’re an Oiloholic (News)
- Urbanist Chris Leinberger and Burbs-Booster Joel Kotkin See Eye-to-Eye on a Few Things (TNR)
- Drunk Driver Kills S.I. Woman Tending to Her Broken-Down Car (City Room, News)
- Off-Duty Cop Busted for DWI Hit-and-Run in Williamsburg (News)
- Ambulance Driver Starts Pileup Injuring 15 in Harlem (Post)
- 248 Drivers Have Been Arrested Under Leandra’s Law (News)
- Remember the Heady Days When Responsible Pols Worked in Albany? (NYT)
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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