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By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on May 4, 2015
- City’s Vision Zero Anti-Speeding Ad Begins Airing Today (News)
- Karen Koslowitz Wants to Water Down Turn Restrictions in Woodhaven SBS Plan (Q Chron)
- Daily News Impressed By Cy Vance’s Prosecution of Deadly Driver Danny Lin
- Right of Way Remembers Clara Heyworth, Killed 4 Years Ago By Drunk, Unlicensed Driver
- Three Brooklyn Church Members Killed in Upstate Van Crash (News)
- Trash-Hauling Company Fires Two Workers Who Told City Council About Poor Conditions (CapNY)
- Four Assembly GOP Leaders Get New Chevys Courtesy of NY Taxpayers (News)
- Study Confirms Link Between Neighborhood Wealth and Street Tree Coverage (WSJ)
- Still No Re-opening Date for Brooklyn Bridge Park Ped Bridge (NYT)
- Scenes From NYC’s Biggest Bike Tour (AMNY)
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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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