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By Ben Fried

8:55 AM EST on December 19, 2016

Cuomo Will Milk 2nd Ave Subway Opening on 1/1/2017 for All It’s Worth (News, NBC)
Stephen Smith: If You Want More Subways, Tell Your Electeds to Cut MTA Construction Costs (2AS)
DOT to Present Queens Blvd Redesign for Forest Hills/Rego Park in January (DNA)
Apartments Near Commuter Rail a Hot Commodity in NYC Suburbs (NYT)
LGA Could Use More Bus Lanes (AMNY)
Queensway Activists Object to MTA Study of Rockaway Rail Reactivation (QChron)
Dov Hikind Turned on Ocean Pkwy Safety Plan When He Learned It Would Route Traffic By His House (Post)
Here’s Your Bklyn Paper Coverage of Plans for 7th Ave Bike Lane and Amity Street Wiggle
2 Injured in Crash in Port Richmond (Advance); Drunk Driver Smashes Cars on Tillotson Ave (News)
Queens CB 4 Chair Lou Walker Steps Down Thanks to Term Limits (QChron)
Starting Today You Can Transfer to the E Without Leaving the WTC PATH Station (AMNY)

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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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