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By Ben Fried

8:49 AM EDT on June 21, 2016

Hope for Move NY Next Year? Staten Island Republican Andrew Lanza Supports Modified Version (Crain’s)
Fallback Traffic Reduction Plan: Bribe a Few NYPD Officers (Post)
Driver Killed 70-Year-Old Man Walking Across Atlantic Ave at Clinton Street Sunday Night (DNA)
Engineer: Finishing 2nd Ave Subway in 2016 Will Take “Unprecedented Performance” (AMNY)
Contractor Schiavone Construction Isn’t Staffing 2nd Ave Subway Work Sites Properly (News, Post)
New Select Bus Service Routes Launching This Year: M23, B46, Q70 (AMNY)
Daily News: Make the Q70 a Free Link to LaGuardia
More Victims Are Coming Forward to Report Sex Crimes on the Subway (DNA, News, NY1, AMNY)
Ydanis Rodriguez Hasn’t Been Confirmed to MTA Board (WNYC)
Recent Carnage: Motorcyclist Killed in Crash, Stolen Cab “Joyride” Ends in Bloody Wreck (News 1, 2)
To Catch a Bike Thief, It Helps to Have Photos of You on Your Missing Bike (Velojoy)

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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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