Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on April 10, 2017
- Albany Reaches a Budget Deal That Empowers Cuomo in Future Budget Talks (Politico)
- Speeding Driver Kills 21-Year-Old Man, Injures 5 Others in Brownsville (Gothamist, Post 1, 2, 3)
- Elderly SUV Driver Veers Onto Astoria Sidewalk, Injures Man and Smashes Into a Building (Post)
- Stoned Unlicensed Box Truck Driver Critically Injures Girl in Williamsburg (DNA)
- The Times Delves Into Penn Station Dysfunction
- NJ Lawmakers Say They’ll Get to the Bottom of Derailments at Penn (Politico)
- Schumer’s Using This Opportunity to Press Trump for Infrastructure Money (AMNY, Post)
- Concrete Ties Are No Cure-All for Derailments (WNYC)
- DOT Installs Ped Safety Upgrades at Jamaica Ave and Jackie Robinson Parkway (News12)
- Drivers Get a Reminder to Stop for Pedestrians at Cadman Plaza East and Red Cross Place (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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