Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EDT on August 2, 2016
- NYPD Offers Reward for Information on Matthew von Ohlen’s Hit-and-Run Killer (DNA)
- New Yorkers Down on de Blasio But Don’t Like His Potential Challengers Any Better (NYT, Politico)
- Chun Man Tse, Victim of Road Rage Assault in Queens, Dies From Injuries (News)
- MTA Won’t Add Runs and Cars to Crowded G Train Until the L Train Shutdown (News)
- These Williamsburg Merchants Could Use Some Great Busways When the L Stops Running (NY1)
- Activists Occupy City Hall Park, Call for Bratton to Go (Politico, Gothamist)
- Map Out the Subway System of Your Dreams (DNA, AMNY)
- Manhattan Teen Steals Mom’s SUV, Drives to Jersey City and Crashes (Post)
- 3 New Speed Humps on 32nd Ave By Bowne Park in Flushing (TL)
- Someone Finally Figured Out How to Make On-Street Parking a No-Hassle Convenience (Crain’s)
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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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