Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EDT on April 14, 2017
- Daily News: Better Use of de Blasio’s Ferry Subsidies Would Be Discount MetroCards for Low-Income New Yorkers
- Turning Commuter Van Driver Strikes and Kills Khavir Ahmed, 84, in Jamaica (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Inflicts Head Trauma on Cyclist in Bay Ridge (News)
- DOT Makes No Promises for Deadly 43rd Ave, Will “Study” Safety Improvements (DNA, News)
- NYPD Has Filed No Charges Against the Truck Driver Who Killed Cyclist Kelly Hurley (Voice)
- Passenger Killed in One-Car Crash on Bronx River Parkway (Post, News)
- DDC Breaks Ground on Permanent Corona Plaza Construction. Will They Get It Done on Time? (TL)
- New School Near Wide, Dangerous Streets in Southeast Queens Gets Battalion of 5 Crossing Guards (QChron)
- More Coverage of the Bike-Share Outreach Success in Bed-Stuy (Bklyn Paper)
- NY Waterway Launching Service Between St. George and Midtown (Advance)
- Jersey City Mayor @StevenFulop: “We Need a Larger Plan Where Cars Aren’t Dominating Streets”
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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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