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Today’s Headlines

8:50 AM EDT on March 20, 2017

    • It's Happening: Cuomo Will Tear Down the Sheridan Expressway (NYT, News, Politico)
    • The Real Reason DOT's Taking Years to Redesign 111th Street -- James Lisa Lives There (Voice)
    • Transit Fares Went Up Yesterday, But Transit Service Isn't Getting Any Better (AMNY, Post, NY1)
    • The Price Disparity Between Free and Tolled East River Crossings Increased Yesterday Too (DNA)
    • Daily News: It's Up to NJ Lawmakers to Reform the Port Authority
    • Christie's Upset That Trump's Threatening a Trans-Hudson Transit Tunnel and Irony Is Dead (NYT)
    • L Train Shutdown Will Last 15 Months, Not 18 -- NYC Still Needs a Serious Replacement Plan (Gothamist)
    • Driver Strikes and Kills Woman on Major Deegan (News)
    • Yadira Arroyo, Killed By Man Who Hijacked Her Ambulance, Remembered By Her 5 Sons (Post)
    • Main Street in Downtown Flushing Will Have Wider Sidewalks This Summer (TL, QChron)

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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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