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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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