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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EST on December 12, 2016
- Daily News Connects the Dots Between BQX and Real Estate Industry Gifts to de Blasio’s Non-Profit
- Truck Driver Kills Woman, 58, in Hell’s Kitchen; Charged With Failure to Yield (Post)
- Trottenberg Responds to Anonymous NYPD Narcissists Griping About Traffic (News)
- Cuomo Still Salivating Over Trump’s Infrastructure Program (AMNY)
- Will the 2nd Avenue Subway Open This Month? (AMNY, NY1)
- Steve Cuozzo Wrote an Unhelpful Rant About Slow Buses in the Post — Read This Instead
- Sandy Repairs to Clark Street Tube Will Knock Out Weekend 2/3 Service in Brooklyn (Bklyn Paper)
- Levine Revives Bill to Set Aside On-Street Parking for Car2Go (Gothamist)
- This Argument for a Car-Free Broadway Would Be Stronger If It Weren’t Riddled With Mistakes (NYT)
- 800 People Have Signed Petition for Protected 2-Way Bike Lane on Eastern Border of Prospect Park (DNA)
- DOT Releases Plan to Upgrade East Side Waterfront Bikeway Between 25th Street and 34th Street (DNA)
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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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