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8:55 AM EDT on June 6, 2016

    • Family of Victoria Nicodemus: Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson Has Failed Us (Gothamist)
    • Some For-Hire Drivers Are Ditching Uber for Yellow Cabs (Crain's)
    • Risky, Chaotic NYPD Traffic Chase Caught on Video (Post)
    • Driver Hit and Killed Man on Harlem River Drive Sunday Night (News)
    • Next Up for City Hall's Neighborhood Rezonings: Bay Street in Staten Island (Politico)
    • NYC's Newest Plaza Debuted in Kensington This Weekend (DP Corner)
    • Curmudgeonly Gersh Kuntzman Dreads Subway Wi-Fi (News)
    • You May Not Have Noticed, But Penn Station Pipes in Classical Music to Soothe Your Nerves (NYT)
    • 85-Year-Old Charlie Rangel Still Has a Driver's License (Post)
    • Entitled Motorist Syndrome Claims a Victim (Post)
    • Muhammad Ali's Boxing Career Got Started When Someone Stole His Schwinn (SI)

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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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