Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:51 AM EDT on June 27, 2016
- Turning SUV Driver Kills Gerald Walpin, 84, Crossing East 79th Street (Gothamist, AP)
- 14 People Injured When MTA Bus Driver Goes Thru Green, Hits Fire Engine With Sirens On (Post, News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Livery Cab in East NY, Injuring 2 Kids and Their Grandparents (News)
- Motorists Coopting Protected Bike Lanes — It’s a Problem (Gothamist, CBS2)
- The Assembly Failed to Pass a Transparency Bill Disclosing State DOT’s Project List (MTR)
- 20 Pedestrian Wayfinding Maps Coming to Downtown Jamaica (DNA)
- If You Get the Plate of the Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured You, NYPD Might Still Do Nothing (Post)
- Off-Duty NYPD Sergeant Drove Drunk Into a Pole and Onto a Staten Island Yard (News)
- More Drunk Driving News From the Weekend (News, Post)
- NY Water Taxi Founder Perplexed By City Hall’s Ferry Rollout (Crain’s)
- Ride in Peace, Bill Cunningham (NYT)
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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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