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Today’s Headlines

9:04 AM EDT on May 18, 2011

    • Squadron and Chin Call For Safety Fix at Essex and Delancey (DNAinfo)
    • Yankee Stadium Garage Default Will Be First on NYC Tax-Exempt Bond Since 1970s (News)
    • Central Park "Zero Tolerance" Bike Crackdown Is Over, Says Precinct Commander (DNAinfo)
    • Maspeth Merchants Oppose One-Way Street Conversions in Truck Bypass Plan (News)
    • WPIX Reporter Opposes Car-Free Park Because She's Stuck in Transverse Traffic While Reporting Story
    • While Many Bridges Stay Free, MTA Bridge Tolls Have Risen 5 Times Faster Than Inflation (The Torch)
    • Sticking Point in Condé Nast WTC Lease Talks: Getting Easy Access for VIPs' Black Cars (NYT)
    • CNN Interviews Head of Alta Bicycle Share, One of Two NYC Bike-Share Finalists
    • MTA Holds Auditions For Buskers To Play Underground (WNYC)

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Noah Kazis
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox. Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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