Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Ben Fried

8:56 AM EDT on July 5, 2013

Today’s the Last Day With Cars in Central Park Above 72nd St. Until September 3 (NYT, WNYC)
Cuomo Says State Police Will Crack Down on Distracted Driving (WNYC, WSJ)
See How Much Silver and Skelos Earn at Their Day Jobs (WSJ)
Cabbie Attempts Aggressive Pass on UES, Breaks Pedestrian’s Leg in Five-Car Pileup (DNA)
Driver Critically Injures Man at Meeker and Leonard in Williamsburg (DNA)
Man Reportedly Fleeing Police Strikes Woman on Coney Island Ave (DP Corner)
Meanwhile… Vanity Fair Staffer on a Citi Bike Ticketed for Speeding in NYPD Dragnet
What Is the City Spending to Subsidize Rockaway Ferries? EDC Won’t Say (CapNY)
Big Rig Truckers Use Southeast Queens Streets as Rest Stops (QChron)
Independence Day, Meet Park(ing) Day (Gothamist)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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.

Today's Headlines

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