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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

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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