Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EST on December 20, 2011
- MTA Board Member: Service Could Have Been Restored If Not for Cuomo (Bx Press)
- And Here’s Yet Another Way Riders Will Pay for Gov’s Transit Cut (Bloomberg)
- Emboldened Transit Know-Nothings Want Cuomo to Finish the Job, Kill Payroll Tax (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Rev. Al to Cuomo: Pass the Borough Taxi Bill (News, Politicker)
- Journal News: Fast-Tracked Tappan Zee Shouldn’t Bypass Transit
- Fare Hike Four Member Carl Kruger Will Finally Relinquish His Senate Seat Today (News, Post)
- More Coverage of NYPD’s Shoddy Job With the Mathieu Lefevre Crash Investigation at Gothamist
- Salon Foresees Cities of the Future Moving at Human Speeds
- Schumer: Don’t Expect Transit Tax Benefit Extension Before the New Year (Transpo Nation)
- “MTA” Tops Google Search Terms in NYC (NY1)
- How Might You Build the Subway Out to Staten Island? (Ped Obs)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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