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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EST on November 9, 2015

Terrible Loss of Life on NYC Streets Over the Weekend (News, AMNY, Gothamist)
Cab Driver Who Killed Luisa Rosario, 88, Charged With Failure to Yield (Post, Gothamist)
The Cabbie Had Been Working for 16 Hours Straight (News)
Someone Tell Vacca and NYPD None of the Victims Were Killed By Someone on an E-Bike (NBC, News)
De Blasio: “The Car Has Been a Little Too Sacred” (Gothamist)
The Daily News Wants Homicide Charge for Hit-and-Run Bus Driver Who Killed Carol Bell
Move NY Has Big Fans at the Staten Island Advance
MTA Construction Honcho Pegs 2nd Ave Subway Phase 2 Cost at $6 Billion (2nd Ave Sagas)
Talks Heat Up Between NY and NJ About How to Build Trans-Hudson Rail Tunnel (Politico)
Vance Has $800 Million to Give Away — Will Any of It Go Toward Safer Streets? (NYT)

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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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