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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

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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