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Ben Fried
8:50 AM EST on December 1, 2015
- So, There’s a Vacancy in the NY State Assembly 65th District (NYT, Politico, News, Post, Crain’s)
- The Silver Verdict as a Judgment of Albany’s Everyday Criminality (News, NYT)
- Will the Conviction Change How Albany Operates? (WSJ, Politico)
- Q44 Select Bus Service Launched on Sunday (DNA)
- De Blasio: Community Board Votes Against Housing Plan Are “Not the Final Word” (News)
- Most Queens Council Members Undecided on Housing and Zoning Proposals (QChron)
- De Blasio Made It a Personal Mission to Resurface the FDR Drive (NYT)
- Nassau County Is About to Cut Bus Service and Raise Fares, Again (MTR)
- A Bike-Yield Law for NYC — The Debate Continues (DNA, Bklyn Paper), Now With Polling! (Bklyn Paper)
- Bus Company Whose Driver Committed Fatal Hit-and-Run Operating Illegally in Manhattan (Post)
- Which Company Will Profit From EDC’s Ferry Subsidies? (Crain’s)
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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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