Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on June 15, 2012
- Picture This — Citi Field Parking Lots Filling Up 365 Days a Year (DNA, News, Post)
- Juan Gonzalez: The Willets Point Land Deal Reeks (News)
- Reckless Driving Spree in East Flatbush Ends With Cop Fatally Shooting Motorist (NYT, News, Post)
- Mysterious Tappan Zee Financing Has Wall Street Worried About Thruway Authority Debt (MTR)
- Deadly Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard on Track to Get Life-Saving Improvements (News)
- Truck Traffic Bombarding Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside (DNA)
- Andrew Gounardes, Marty Golden’s State Senate Opponent, Is Pro-Bike Lane (Bklyn Paper)
- Stringer Backs Boro Taxi Plan (WSJ)
- Bronx DA: Cop’s Excuse For Wrong-Way Drunken Crash Doesn’t Hold Up (Post)
- Nepotism Alert at Metro-North (News)
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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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