Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on October 11, 2011
- Jury Holds City Responsible for Dangerous Street, Awards Millions to Cyclist Injured in Crash (Post)
- Rumor Mill: Former Giuliani Lieutenant Joseph Lhota on Shortlist to Replace Jay Walder (2nd Ave Sagas)
- If You Want to Get Away With Murder in NYC, Kill Someone With Your Car (The Daily)
- China’s Electric Car Push Won’t Reduce China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Dot Earth)
- Will NYPD’s Traffic Ticket Corruption Undercut Upcoming Bronx Murder Trial? (News)
- Manhattan Gas Stations Facing Extinction (Crain’s)
- Drunk Driver Kills Deliveryman on Scooter in Brooklyn (News)
- Off-Duty Corrections Officer Dies in Motorcycle Crash Near Queens Blvd (News)
- Brooklyn Community Board 1 Ain’t the Same Without Teresa Toro (Bklyn Paper)
- Has the Columbus Avenue Bike Lane “Ruined the Neighborhood”? Find Out Tonight! (DNAinfo)
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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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