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By
Ben Fried
8:47 AM EDT on August 10, 2015
- Cuomo Combatively Begins Negotiating With Feds Over Paying for Hudson Rail Tunnels (NYT, SAS)
- Thanks to Christie, a Billion Dollars for Trans-Hudson Rail Has Gone Down the Drain (Record)
- Q Poll: More NYC Voters Support Move NY Toll Plan Than Uber Cap (via Observer)
- 26-Year-Old Driver Kills 66-Year-Old Man Crossing Atlantic Ave; Cops Blame Victim (News, Post)
- Cyclist Kevin Lopez Dies From Injuries Inflicted By Driver at Queens Plaza (DNA)
- SUV Driver Crashes in Southeast Queens, Killing His Passenger (News)
- How Changing One Word in a Bill Could Make a Big Difference to Port Authority Reform (PoliticoNY)
- One-Way Car-Share Company Car2Go Expanding to Queens (Crain’s, News)
- Crain’s Swallows the Cuomo Line on How to Fill the MTA Capital Plan Gap
- Post Tries to Drum Up Motorist Resentment Over Red Light Cams
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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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