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By Ben Fried

8:52 AM EDT on April 29, 2016

Albany Has Put Off Confirmation of de Blasio’s MTA Board Appointees for Nearly a Year (MTR)
Today’s the Day DOT Officially Opens the Pulaski Bridge Bikeway (Gothamist)
DOT’s Crosstown UES Bike Lane Plan — Now With More Bike Lanes (DNA)
$4 Billion WTC PATH Station Will Get a Ribbon-Cutting After All (Politico)
3 Things Brooklyn Spoke Would Change About Car-Free Day
Western Queens Needs Better Pricing and Fewer NYPD Vehicles at the Curb (Courier)
Baychester Golf Course Will Be Replaced By Shopping Center With 1,200 Parking Spaces (BxTimes)
Pedestrian Island Coming to 138th Street and 31st Road; Tony Avella Pleased (QChron)
Surely This Will Fix Congestion on the Staten Island Expressway (Advance, DNA)
The Marketing of de Blasio’s Ferry Service Has Begun (DNA)

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Ben Fried

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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