Today’s Headlines
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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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