Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on May 17, 2016
- More Coverage of the Vehicular Killing of 3-Year-Old Mariam Dansoko (News, Post)
- Teen Driving Stolen SUV Crashes Onto Brooklyn Sidewalk, Injuring 2 Women With Strollers (News, Post)
- Street Safety Advocates Remember Michael Ameri (DNA)
- AMNY: Go Ahead and Build the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane in Elmhurst
- MoveNY-esque Tolls Are on the New York Building Congress’s Policy Wish List (Crain’s)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Joie Sellers Sentenced to 5-15 Years (News, Post, NY1)
- The Share of New York Workers Who Commute Without Driving Rose to 71 Percent By 2014 (MTR)
- If You Believe Page Six, Sergeants Union Boss Ed Mullins Could Be Next Police Commissioner (Post)
- Is Planning Chief Carl Weisbrod on the Way Out? (Crain’s)
- Signalized Crossing Coming to Columbia Street Intersection By Brooklyn Waterfront (DNA)
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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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