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8:55 AM EDT on May 2, 2016

    • Bharara Turns Up the Heat on Cuomo (News, Post, Politico 1, 2)
    • Driver of Stolen SUV Kills Woman on Canarsie Sidewalk, Flees Scene (News, Post)
    • Wrong-Way Driver Kills Woman, Injures Two Kids in Car in Woodlawn Heights (News, Post)
    • Bratton Never Talks This Tough About Drivers Who Kill People (Post)
    • How Do People on Waverly, St. James, and Other Clinton Hill One-Way Streets Survive? (DNA)
    • Kids Take Precedence Over Cars at the East Harlem Street Games (News)
    • John Tierney: Make Broadway a Pedestrian Street From Union Square to Columbus Circle (Post)
    • Bike Month Starts With Prayers for Safety (News)
    • Owners of Downtown Arcades Will Be Allowed to Use Them for Retail (NYT)
    • The Millennium Hilton Hotel Uses Its "Bonus Plaza" as a Parking Lot (Urban Residue)
    • Bob Dylan Really Did Write a Protest Song With Jane Jacobs Against Robert Moses (Gothamist)

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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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