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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EST on February 8, 2013

DiNapoli OKs First TZB Bonds But Still Has No Idea How Cuomo Will Pay for Bridge (Journal News)
Will De Blasio or Quinn Let Chicago, Memphis, Milwaukee, Etc. Lap NYC on Bike Lanes? (Bklyn Spoke)
Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, 77, Is Running for Four More Years (NYT)
MTA to City Council: Slowing Down Trains Not an Option to Reduce Subway Deaths (NY1)
A James Vacca Platitude and $2.25 Will Get You a Ride on the Subway (@TWU100)
Stay Classy, TWU (DNA)
Ben Kabak: Two of Three TWU Subway Safety Proposals Make Sense
Seen This Movie Before? Unions Back Stadium in Flushing Meadows Park Because “Jobs” (DNA)
Bronx Woman in Serious Condition After Driver Strikes Her at Holland and Lydig Avenues (DNA)
Pick-Up Truck Driver Crashes Into Occupied Car Parked Outside Pratt (DNA)
Pot, Meet Kettle: Steve Cuozzo Weighs in on Community Board “Insanity” (Post)

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Ben Fried

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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