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8:55 AM EST on February 28, 2017

    • Daily News to Cuomo: Keep Your Promise and Restore the State's Contribution to the MTA
    • More Coverage of Yesterday's Rally Against Cuomo's Transit Funding Cut (DNA, NY1)
    • Schaller on Unchecked Uber Growth: "We're Just Going to Have More and More Congestion" (NY1, WNYC)
    • Trump Makes Infrastructure Pitch With Fake Scare About Crumbling NYC Tunnels (AMNY, Post, NY Mag)
    • ...And the Times Humors Him
    • Got an Idea for a New Public Space on Steinway Street? Tell Costa Constantinides (QNS)
    • Someone Broke Down the Most Popular Citi Bike Trips By Age and Gender (DNA)
    • MTA Bus Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian on Roosevelt Avenue; Police Blame Victim (Post)
    • Dirt Bike Rider Drags Cop in Mott Haven, Charged With Assaulting Police Officer (News)
    • Christie Picks Two New Appointees for Port Authority Board (Politico)

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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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