Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EST on December 19, 2012
- Joe Lhota’s Running for Mayor and the MTA Will Need a New Chair (NYT)
- Next in Line to Run MTA in the Interim: Tom Prendergast and Freddy Ferrer (WSJ, Post, News)
- Expect the Other Candidates to Hang This Fare Hike Around Lhota’s Neck (NY1, WNYC, CapNY)
- 2nd Ave Sagas: All This Turnover at the Top Is Bad for the MTA
- Will Transit Riders Pay for Cuomo’s Capitulation on Thruway Truck Tolls? (MTR)
- Hell’s Kitchen Residents Propose Turning Dyer Ave Pavement Into a Park (DNA)
- PATH Service Finally Returning to Hoboken (WSJ)
- Mini-Bus Driver Ran Over and Killed 78-Year-Old Man in Ocean Parkway Crosswalk (NY1)
- Driver Killed 76-Year-Old Woman Crossing Avenue M in Brooklyn Earlier This Week (NBC)
- One Dead and One Critically Injured in Separate DWI Crashes on SI (Post)
- Someone’s Under the Illusion That the Law Compels Americans to Drive Responsibly (News)
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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