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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EDT on October 26, 2015

Cherry Avenue and Main Street in Flushing Will Now Be Known as Allison Hope Liao Way (AMNY)
Uber Trips Growing Like Gangbusters in NYC (WSJ)
Brooklyn CB2 Committee Votes Against de Blasio Housing Affordability Plan (Bklyn Paper)
Driver Kills 82-Year-Old Man Crossing Gerritsen Avenue Friday Evening (Post)
Husband Fatally Strikes Wife Backing Over Her in East Flatbush Driveway (Post)
The Man Who Took the Life of Ethan Villavicencio, 7, Wants His Car Back (News)
Proto-Countdown Clocks Coming to Astoria N/Q Stations Next Year (Astoria Post via DNA)
Heads Up: You May Be Newly Eligible for a Transit Commuting Tax Break Next Year (News)
The Once and Future Mayor of Bogota — Enrique Penalosa (Bloomberg)
Vengeance for ARC, Sort Of (Gawker)

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