Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EST on February 23, 2015
- De Blasio Housing Plan Eliminates Some Parking Minimums (Capital, WSJ)
- The Daily News Has No Idea Why NYC Enacted the Right of Way Law; Brooklyn Spoke Responds
- Times Calls on Cuomo to Secure the Future of NYC’s Transit System
- Will DMV Reveal the Truth About NYPD’s Vehicular Killing of Ryo Oyamada? (Gothamist)
- Private Bus Driver Kills Man on Coney Island Avenue in Midwood (News)
- Box Truck Driver Kills Woman at 76th Street and Woodside Avenue in Elmhurst (Post, News)
- Bus Bulbs Coming to Intersection of Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road (BxTimes)
- Julio Acevedo, Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Couple in 2013, Found Guilty of Manslaughter (Bklyn Paper)
- Van Driver Charged With Careless Driving for Injuring 80-Year-Old Woman in Flushing Crosswalk (DNA)
- Van Driver Crashes Into Little Italy Restaurant; No Charges (Post, News)
- Why It’s Hard to Hold Someone Accountable for Killing With a Car (Salon)
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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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