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Today’s Headlines

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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