Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on March 14, 2012
- Redistricting Deal Would Entrench New York’s Non-Competitive Elections for Years (News)
- Lincoln Center Blows Off Mounting Pedestrian Injuries on Nearby Streets (DNA)
- Roger Toussaint, Who Led 2005 Transit Strike, Attacks John Samuelsen’s Bargaining Tactics (WSJ)
- NYPD to Set Up Four Traffic Checkpoints Around Re-opened WTC Site (DNA)
- Advocates to Legislature: Budget for Transit on the Tappan Zee (MTR)
- Bklyn Paper Picks Up NYPD’s Victim-Blaming Justification for Not Charging Hit-and-Run Killer
- Brownstoner Reporters Constantly Hear Developers Say Parking Minimums Are a Pain
- Brooklyn CB 1 Picks a Fight Against Sidewalk Seating (Bklyn Paper)
- Are the Screws Tightening on the Last Member of the Fare Hike Four? (Daily Politics)
- Infrastructure Porn From the Second Avenue Subway Tunnel (2nd Ave Sagas)
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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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