Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EST on December 5, 2014
- In NYC and Elsewhere, the Streets at Night Are for Protest (NYT, Gothamist, @urbandata)
- NYPD Ramping Up Arrests of Protesters (DNA)
- The Post Keeps Fighting for More New Yorkers to Die in Traffic
- Dump Truck Driver Rams City Bus in Harlem, Injuring 13 (Post)
- Drivers Charged for Showboating in Queens Parking Lot (News) But No Charges for Allie Liao’s Killer
- Sensible Tolls to Keep Mammoth Trucks Off Neighborhood Streets? Manhattan CB 3 Not Into It (Villager)
- Dyckman Street Connection to Hudson River Greenway Delayed By Nearly a Year (DNA)
- TLC to Expand Program for Hailing Cabs With Apps (AMNY)
- Queens CB 2 Chair Steps Down After 23 Years (News)
- The Rules of Subway Courtesy, as Told By a Puppet (2nd Ave Sagas)
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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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