Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:46 AM EDT on October 24, 2016
- Second Ave Subway Phase 1 Nears Finish Line (NYT); Crews Had to Shave Down Tunnel Walls (News)
- Driver Kills 13-Year-Old Girl, Injures Another Girl Near Middle School in Ozone Park (Post, DNA)
- MTA Express Bus Driver Kills Woman in Lower Manhattan, Charged With Failure to Yield (News, NY1)
- Drunken Staten Island Drag Race Claims One Life, Injures Several (Post)
- Dan Squadron and Paul White: Test Out Tolls on the East River Bridges During L Shutdown (News)
- Nicole Gelinas on de Blasio: “Once You’ve Joined the Helicopter Class, It’s Hard to Go Back” (Post)
- TWU’s John Samuelsen Wants to Rally NYC Unions Against de Blasio (News)
- Council Bill Seeks to Shed Light on the Public Design Commission (Politico)
- New Cottage Industry in New York — Citi Bike Accessories (WSJ)
- 7,000 People Biked the Bronx Yesterday (NY1)
- Transit = Freedom for NYC Kids (NYT)
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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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