Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EST on January 17, 2012
- MTA Makes Five-Year Contract Offer to TWU (NY1)
- TWU Wants Wage Increases Pegged to Inflation, Hints at Slowdowns (WSJ)
- 57% of NYers Oppose Cuomo’s Controversial Plan for Aqueduct Convention Center (NYT)
- Queens Convention Center Plan Brings Greenway-vs.-Railway Debate to the Forefront (QChron)
- DOT Seeking Speed Cam Legislation to Help Bring Down Traffic Deaths in Queens (TimesLedger)
- Schumer Throwing His Weight Behind Albany-Buffalo HSR (AP)
- How About an At-Grade Crosswalk Instead of a Ped Bridge With Fencing Over Navy Street? (Bklyn Paper)
- Lew Fidler Likely Leaving City Council for Green Pastures of Kruger’s State Senate Seat (News)
- Questions to Ask the Next Time You Hear Someone Suggest Licensing Cyclists (Bklyn Spoke)
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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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