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By Ben Fried

8:42 AM EDT on June 28, 2016

The Election to Succeed Charlie Rangel Is Today! Politico Checks In on the Race
Queens Judge Rules Right of Way Law Unconstitutional — Prior Rulings Disagree (NY1)
NJ Assembly Passes Gas Tax Hike, Sales Tax Cut (NJ.com)
Albany Failed to Pass Legislation to Enable Cost-Saving Design-Build Construction Contracts (Crain’s)
Crain’s: Get Developers to Pay for Infrastructure Instead of Bonus Plazas
New York’s Road Gang Wants More Federal Funding for Highways (AMNY, Crain’s)
Daily News on Calatrava PATH Station: $4.4 Billion and There’s Nowhere to Sit?!
Drunk Off-Duty Officer From 70th Precinct Drives Into Parked Cars By Brooklyn College (DP Corner)
NYPD Suspends Sergeant Caught Drinking and Driving on Staten Island (Advance)
What People Told DNA About the City’s Plans for East-West Painted Bike Lanes on 31st Ave in Queens
Pair of Horses Too Much for Region’s Surface Transport Network to Handle (News)

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Ben Fried

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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