Today’s Headlines
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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 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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