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By
Ben Fried
8:53 AM EDT on May 11, 2015
- Republicans From Syracuse Burbs and Long Island Jockey to Replace Skelos as Senate Leader (Capital)
- Toll Reform Supporter Mark Weprin Leaves City Council to Serve as Cuomo Legislative Liaison (News)
- Driver Kills Elderly Woman Crossing Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn (News, Post)
- Turning Cab Driver Kills Amelia Sterental, 76, in Upper East Side Crosswalk (Post 1, 2)
- The Number of NYC’s Police Athletic League Play Streets Has Plummeted by Two-Thirds (NYT)
- It Takes Longer Than You Might Think to Turn a Wide Sidewalk Into a Public Plaza (DNA)
- Gelinas: De Blasio Should Pitch in More for MTA Capital Program (Post)
- Alex Marshall Makes the Case for Subsidizing Citi Bike to Keep Prices Low (News)
- Move NY Pitches Uber on Toll Reform (Crain’s)
- The Most Googled Questions About the NYC Subway (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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