Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on October 4, 2016
- Nicole Gelinas: NJ Transit’s Broke, Just Like the Rest of New Jersey (Post)
- A New Penn Station Train Hall Is Nice, But the Region Really Needs Better Trans-Hudson Rail (Politico)
- Will Hoboken Crash Investigators Get Access to a Functional Data Recorder? (WSJ, AP)
- Cab Driver Strikes and Critically Injures Cyclist in East Harlem; NYPD Blames Victim (News)
- DNA Previews Today’s Rally for a Safer 111th Street
- NYPD Sluggish to Adopt Body Cameras (NYT)
- “Loitering” Law Has Made Walking a Crime for Women of Color, Transgender Women (NYT)
- Nassau Cops Find Driver Who Killed Dog (News 12); Why Hasn’t NYPD Found Matt von Ohlen’s Killer?
- DOT Tweaks Crossings By Francis Lewis Park in Whitestone for Greater Safety (QNS)
- Daily News: Give AECOM’s 1 Train-to-Red Hook Proposal a Chance
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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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