Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EDT on April 25, 2014
- Term Limits for Community Boards — Kallos and 10 Co-Sponsors Have a Bill for That (QChron, BxTimes)
- De Blasio Tells Council He Wants to Speed Up Land Use Review Process (CapNY)
- Should NJ Transit Run the PATH Train? (2nd Ave Sagas, WNYC)
- De Blasio: No, Horse Carriage Operators Won’t Get Bought Out With Taxi Medallions (News, Post)
- Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian on Atlantic Avenue in Woodhaven (Queens Courier)
- Nine Hurt When Escalade Driver Slams Into Thruway Wall Near Co-op City Exit (News, Post)
- Cop Who Accidentally Shot Partner Charged With DWI (News, NYT)
- Schumer Pitches “Tech Bus” Linking Greenpoint/Williamsburg to Downtown Brooklyn (Crain’s)
- Columbia Waterfront Stretch of Brooklyn Greenway Should Look a Lot Nicer By Summer (News)
- What Vision Zero Sounds Like in Yiddish, From an NYPD Loudspeaker (JPUpdates)
- The World’s Most Epic Bikeway FAILs (Guardian)
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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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