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  • Climate Scientists: Time’s Running Out to Get Fossil Fuel Emissions Under Control (NYT)
  • Escalade Driver Kills 5-Year-Old Girl in Sunset Park; NYPD: “No Criminality” (PostNews, DNA)
  • Queens Residents Revive Push to Overhaul the Boulevard of Death (DNA)
  • Lawyer for Midtown Sidewalk Crash Victim: “What We Want Is Justice for Sian” (Post)
  • Sweet JSK Profile From Jason Gay in WSJ
  • Cuomo’s Massive, Transit-less Tappan Zee One Step Closer to Securing Federal Loan (WNYC)
  • Gale Brewer: “Manhattan Has to Figure Out How to Address Smart Growth” (DNA)
  • Speeding Driver Who Critically Injured 12-Year-Old Also Had Invalid License (Bklyn Paper)
  • Police Say Skateboarder Died After Hitching Onto Box Truck, Falling Under Wheels (News)
  • Scenes From Yesterday’s Hellish Metro-North Commute (WSJ)

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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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