Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EDT on October 11, 2016
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills David Pajarito-Mendez, 38, in Morrisania (News)
- The MTA Is Running Test Trains on the Second Avenue Subway (2nd Ave Sagas, AMNY, NY1, Post, DNA)
- De Blasio Should Recognize That Cyclists’ Safety Is More Important Than Car Drop-Offs (City Limits)
- Brooklyn Spoke: Bike a Mile in Our Shoes, Mr. Mayor
- Ferreras: Corona Counting on City Hall to Make 111th Street Safe for Walking and Biking (QChron)
- TWU Wants Stringer to Challenge de Blasio; Daily News Bungles Description of Right of Way Law
- Ben Kallos Signs Onto Petition to Slow Down M15 Select Bus Service With a 72nd Street Stop (DNA)
- The Advance Looks Up Staten Island’s Best- and Worst-Performing Buses on the Bus Turnaround Site
- Influential Pols Reportedly Want Cuomo to Name Tish James Brooklyn DA (Kings County Politics, Post)
- Crain’s: “Traffic Will Keep Getting Slower Until Congestion Pricing Is Introduced”
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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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