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By Ben Fried

8:50 AM EST on November 3, 2015

It’s Election Day! (NYC CFB)
There Are DA Races in the Bronx and Staten Island (BxTimes, Observer)
Mother of Nyanna Aquil: “I Feel Only Pain, Numbness and Sorrow” (Gothamist, Post)
Most New Yorkers Aren’t Paying Attention to MTA Budget Issues (Politico)
Gelinas: What If This Is Just the Start of the Delays for 2nd Ave Subway Phase 2? (Post)
Way More Commuters in Daneek Miller‘s District Take Transit Into Manhattan Than Drive (MTR)
Greenway or Rail Right-of-Way in the South Bronx? (Crain’s)
2nd Ave Sagas: The Livonia-Junius Transfer in MTA Capital Plan Is a Big Deal
There Are Shuttered Entrances at 1 in 4 Subway Stations (AMNY)
Shocker: Taxi Kingpin Freidman Accused of Cheating the MTA (Post)
Cap’n Transit Has Stopped Using the Word “Gentrification”

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Ben Fried

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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