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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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