Today’s Headlines
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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 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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