Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EDT on September 14, 2015
- It Really Happened: 7 Service Launches at Hudson Yards (NYT, WSJ, 2nd Ave Sagas, Gothamist, Crain’s)
- Cuomo Surrogate Tom Prendergast Clumsily Blames de Blasio for G Train Derailment (Politico, Gothamist)
- …Which Made for Some Awkward Moments at the 7 Extension Presser (Politico, WNYC, News, Post)
- Doctoroff: Value Capture Could Pay for 7 Station at 42nd and 10th (News)
- NYPD Officer Files Federal Complaint Alleging Discrimination at Highway Division (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist on City Island Bridge (NBC, Gothamist)
- Drunk Driver Kills Woman in East Elmhurst (Post)
- Off-Duty MTA Bus Driver Arrested for Driving Bus Drunk in Nassau (Post)
- Staten Island Has a Speeding Problem (Advance)
- Feeling Nostalgic for Whining About Citi Bike? This Bklyn Paper Piece Is for You
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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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