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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EDT on March 15, 2016
- To Win City Council Approval of Housing Plan, Extent of Parking Reform Shrinks (Politico, News, NYT)
- Albany Would Have to Send a Lot More Funding to the MTA to Achieve “Parity” With Upstate Roads (MTR)
- Brooklyn CB 6 Approves “Street Seat” for Fifth Ave, Despite the Cranks (Bklyn Paper)
- Who Could Be Against Planters and Benches for Fourth Avenue? (Bklyn Paper)
- DOT Plans New Bike Route on 31st Ave From Astoria Waterfront to Flushing Bay (DNA)
- Neighbors Want Car-Free Option as Part of Union Street Drawbridge Replacement (DNA)
- MTA Contractor Has to Fix Leaky Hudson Yards 7 Station (Post)
- Grand Jury Adds Manslaughter Charge in Staten Island Hit-and-Run Case (News)
- Without NY Water Taxi Service, Red Hook Ikea Will Put More Buses on the Street (DNA)
- It’s Been 75 Years Since a New Subway Station Opened in the Bronx (2nd 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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