Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:48 AM EST on January 23, 2017
- Cuomo Embeds Port Authority Power Grab in His Budget Package (Politico)
- Fare Hike Advice From the Daily News: Keep the Single-Ride Price as Low as Possible
- Mark Your Calendars: MTA Holding Four Workshops to Plan Service During L Train Outage (AMNY)
- Driver Nearly Kills 10-Year-Old Boy in East New York; Cops Blame Victim (Post)
- Road-Raging Porsche Driver Hits 14-Year-Old Boy on Greenpoint Sidewalk (News, Post)
- Brooklyn CB 2 Votes for Bike Lanes Linking DeKalb and Schermerhorn (Bklyn Paper)
- Advocates Collect 4,500 Signatures to Build LIRR Third Track ASAP (TL)
- A New Staten Island Railway Station and Its 150-Car Parking Lot Opened This Weekend (DNA)
- Here’s Where NYC Streets Are in Good or Bad Shape — See Any Patterns? (DNA)
- NYPD Had to Put Crowd Control Officers on Bikes to Keep Up With Massive Trump Protests (Post)
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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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