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By Ben Fried

8:53 AM EDT on May 8, 2017

Cuomo: Port Authority to Spend $70 Million Studying Cross-Harbor Freight Rail (News, Post)
Bronx CB 4 Member Suggests Replacing Yankee Stadium Garages With Mixed-Income Housing (Post)
The Dream of Burying the Gowanus Is Alive in Brooklyn (Crain’s)
2 Inches of Rain Turned NYC Roads Into Lagoons (NYT, Patch), Swamped Oculus and Penn Station (News)
Four Lines Affected By Yesterday’s Unexpected Subway Chaos (Gothamist)
Cyclists Constantly Have to Dodge Construction Vehicles and Cars Parked in Kent Ave Bike Lane (DNA)
SUV Driver Critically Injures 89-Year-Old Man in Howard Beach (Post, QNS)
Hit-and-Run Truck Driver Seriously Injures Cyclist in Bed-Stuy (Gothamist)
Driver Strikes, Hospitalizes Woman in Mill Basin (News12)
Bike Part Thieves + Crummy Sanitation Rules = Junk Bike Build-Up in Bay Ridge (Bklyn Paper)

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Ben Fried

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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