Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:48 AM EST on January 19, 2016
- De Blasio Claims Horse Carriage Deal Will Reduce Midtown Congestion (Politico, Observer, NYT, News)
- The Post Roots for the Destruction of the Pedicab Industry
- Here Are the Really Big Cuomo War Chest Suppliers (Politico)
- Family Mourns Thomas McAnulty, 73, and Seeks Answers NYPD Isn’t Providing (DNA, News)
- Just Another Day of Reckless Driving and Fleeing the Scene in Brooklyn (News, DNA, Bklyn Paper 1, 2)
- Construction Workers Parking All Over the Sidewalk in Gowanus With Impunity (Bklyn Paper)
- Off-Duty Cop Arrested for Driving Drunk in Sunset Park (News)
- Stapleton Residents Want Better Transit, Safer Streets to Accompany Bay Street Rezoning (Advance)
- AMNY Listifies the News About the L Train Shutdown
- Cap’n Transit: No More Two-Way to One-Way Conversions
- What’s the Best Way to Handle Station Rehab Work? Vote at Second Ave Sagas
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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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