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By Ben Fried

9:04 AM EST on February 11, 2011

Climate Change Could Make Flood Days as Common as Snow Days in NYC (WNYC)
City Bus Driver Turns Into 76-Year-Old Bronx Man, Crushing Him to Death (News)
Can You Spare Some Cash to Help Jackson Heights Create a New Public Space? (News)
State Sen. José Peralta and His Wife Park for Free Thanks to Police Placards (Fox5)
Markowitz Hoping New Subway Entrance Will Finally Make Fourth Avenue Grand (Bklyn Paper)
More Daily News Readers Speak Up for Bike Lanes and JSK
After Four Years of State Police Chauffeuring, Paterson Goes for a Walk in NYC (Observer)
Queens Developer Will Knock Down Mall to Make Way for City-Mandated Parking (Queens Chron)
Cabbies Asking for Handouts to Pay For Vehicle Damage Caused By Potholes (NY1)
Movement in Albany to Bring Order to NYC’s Intercity Buses (MTR)
Sean Sweeney Doesn’t Like the Idea of a SoHo BID (Villager)

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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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