Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on July 26, 2011
- NBBL’s Star Witness Hit With Second Ethics Fine in Six Months (Post, City Room, Bklyn Paper, NY1)
- MTA May Move Ahead With $1 MetroCard Surcharge in 2012 (News)
- Would Jay Walder Have Stayed If the Governor Had Made Transit a Top Priority? (Cap NY)
- Ugh: Richard Brodsky Coyly Deflects Suggestion He’ll Be Tapped to Replace Walder (2nd Ave Sagas)
- The Bronx Has NYC’s Filthiest Subway Stations (Post)
- Check Out the Press Attention Bike-Share Is Getting in Boston (Globe)
- World’s Biggest Apple Store Coming to Grand Central (NY1, 2nd Ave Sagas, WSJ)
- Evolution of Downtown Brooklyn: McDonald’s Site Will Transform Into Surface Parking (Brownstoner)
- Car Guy Cuomo Teaches Teenage Daughters to Drive Gas Guzzlers Defensively and Attentively (NYT)
- Park Slope Awaits Response From “Seniors for Safety” to Automotive Havoc (FiPS, Here’s Park Slope)
- Meet “Neighbors for Better Marriage Equality Laws” (Gothamist)
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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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