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By
Ben Fried
8:49 AM EST on January 5, 2015
- Nily Rozic: Congested, Dangerous Streets of Eastern Queens Need BRT (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Two Teenagers on Baychester Ave in the Bronx, Killing One (News)
- Unlicensed SUV Driver Kills Man, Injures Woman at Lexington and 62nd Saturday Night (Post, News)
- How Does Transit Access to Jobs Compare Across NYC Neighborhoods? NYU Runs the Numbers (WSJ)
- North Jersey Revolts Against Proposal to End Overnight PATH Service (NYT)
- Kabak: The Real Story Is That Christie/Cuomo Vetoed Port Reform in the Dead of Night (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Momentum Builds for Greenway Linking Eastern Queens and Nassau (DNA)
- Rory Lancman and Eric Ulrich Oppose 12-Year Term Limits for Community Boards (QChron)
- Uber Adds Ex-Cuomo Spokesperson Matt Wing to Growing Roster of Political Operatives (News)
- A Traffic Fix for Borough Park? Try Putting an End to Subsidized Free Parking (Jewish Voice)
- Next City Looks at the Reclamation of Times Square From Cars
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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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