Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EST on January 17, 2017
- Victims’ Families: De Blasio’s Not Doing Enough to Prevent Traffic Deaths (News)
- This Reflective Tape on Seniors’ Canes Will Do the Trick, Right? (News)
- TWU Prez Samuelson Beaming Over New Contract With MTA (NYT, News, AMNY)
- The Yellow Cab Industry Ain’t What It Used to Be (NYT)
- Donovan Richards: Bring Woodhaven Blvd SBS Over to Eastern Rockaway (TL)
- DOT Safety Plan for Grand Street Coming Soon (DNA)
- Police Searching for Hit-and-Run Motorist Who Drove Over Man’s Head in Midtown (Post, Gothamist)
- Turning Bus Driver Runs Over Woman in Midwood Crosswalk — No Charges Expected (Bklyner)
- Sentence for MTA Bus Driver Who Killed Carol Bell and Drove Away: 5 Years Probation (News)
- Aravella Simotas: DOT Safety Tweak Near Off-Ramp in Astoria Didn’t Fix the Problem (DNA)
- Brooklyn CB 10 vs. An Accessible 86th Street Subway Station (Bklyn Paper)
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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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