Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EST on January 18, 2011
- Cuomo Enters Budget Season With 70% Approval Rating (News)
- Initial Reactions to Cuomo’s State DOT Pick, Joan McDonald (Transpo Nation)
- Tour Bus Back-Ups at Brooklyn Bridge Park Lead to Calls for — Wait for It — More Parking (Bklyn Paper)
- Shocker: Post Editors Have It in for JSK Over Blizzard Response; Vacca Also Takes a Swipe at Commish
- Ben Kabak Reviews City Council Hearing on How the MTA Handled the Snow (2nd Ave Sagas)
- City Firefighter Arrested for Driving Drunk With 3-Year-Old Child (AMNY)
- Gothamist Catches Andrea Peyser Making an Overzealous Case for Wal-Mart in NYC
- Bloomberg Expected to Announce a “Taxi of Tomorrow” Winner Soon (Crain’s)
- More From Last Week’s Hearing on Charging Motorists for FDNY Crash Response (DNAInfo)
- Gen Y: Not Enamored With Car Dependence (WSJ)
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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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