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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EST on December 22, 2011

MTA Board Approves 2012 Budget Held Together With Scotch Tape (NYT)
Board Members Vote 6-4 Not to Restore $20 Million in Service (WNYC)
Ray Kelly: Fix This! Another Cabbie Jumps Curb and Hurts People, Ticketed for Worn-Out Tires (Post)
Queens Group Envisions Decommissioned Elevated LIRR Branch as a Greenway (News)
Cuomo Makes It Official and Signs Borough Taxi Bill Into Law (NY1)
Jose Peralta Misses Chance to Hear How Speeding Traffic Terrorizes His Constituents (QChron)
Markowitz Wishes “Friends of Automobiles” Ran NYC DOT (AYR)
Can You Add a Subway Stop to the Roosevelt Island Science Campus? (2nd Ave Sagas)
Get Ready for State Senator Lew Fidler (NYT)
Despite Guilty Plea, Kruger Won’t Have to Forfeit His Bentley (Post)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Ben Fried

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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