Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on April 17, 2012
- Stringer’s MTA Funding Plan: Tax NYC Workers Who Don’t Live in NYC (NYT, NY1)
- How About This: Tax NYC Visitors Who Live Nowhere Near NYC (David King)
- Road Pricing Also on Stringer’s Radar (Transpo Nation)
- NY Mag: Can Snohetta’s Plaza Design Make Times Square a Destination for New Yorkers?
- Six Days Until DOT Begins Installing PPW Ped Islands (Patch)
- This Helps Explain All Those City Council Parking Bills (Post)
- NYT Mistakes Ongoing Gentrification of Brooklyn for Atlantic Yards Effect
- New Proposal From Eric Adams: Tasers for Transit Workers (News)
- Feds: Fare Hike Four’s Espada Padded His Westchester Crib on Health Clinic’s Dime (Post)
- Spring Bicycling Tips From Gothamist‘s John del Signore
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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