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By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EST on December 14, 2015

Why Does Staten Island Have Dangerous Streets? Look No Further Than Its Electeds (Advance)
MTA on A/C Line: We’ve Pretty Much Done What We Can (WNYC)
Prendergast to MTA Staff: Stop Making Us Look Bad By Badmouthing New Ideas (News)
Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Urabia Nelson, 21, in Far Rockaway (News, Post)
Four Obstacles to Starting Second Avenue Subway Service Before 2017 (2nd Ave Sagas)
Donovan Richards Comes Out Against Parking Reforms in de Blasio Housing Plan (Gotham Gazette)
Queens CB 9 Weighs Whether to Vote on Woodhaven SBS (Q Chron)
Pols Say NYCHA Residents in Central Neighborhoods Need Highly Subsidized Parking (News)
Starting January 1, Many More New Yorkers Will Be Saving on Metrocards (AMNY)
Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox Condescendingly Bemoan the State of NYC Suburbs (News)

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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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