Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EST on November 14, 2012
- Simcha Felder Seems Pretty Sure the GOP Will Retain Control of State Senate (CapTon, NYT)
- Will Joe Lhota Ride His Post-Sandy Popularity to Gracie Mansion? (Post, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Quinn, Acknowledging Climate Change, Calls for Massive Flood-Prevention Infrastructure (WSJ)
- City Gets Federal Funding for Full Nostrand Ave SBS Route (Post)
- While Suburbs Balk at MTA Payroll Tax, Construction Industry Group Volunteers to Pay It (MTR)
- Amsterdam Investing $150M in Bike Infrastructure Over Eight Years (NYT Rendezvous)
- Believe It or Not, the 84th Precinct Made a Bike Theft Arrest (Bklyn Paper)
- There Are a Lot of Wrecked Cars in the Flood Zone (DNA)
- Only Real Cops Get to Jump to the Front of the Gas Lines (Advance)
- As People Live in Cars Waiting for Gas on Coney Island Ave, Food Delivery Gets More Walkable (News)
- Philippe Restaurant Turns 60th Street Into Its Private Parking Concession (Eater)
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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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