Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on June 6, 2017
- Cuomo’s MTA: Riders Gasp for Breath in Dark, Stifling, Stalled-Out F Train (AMNY, Post)
- …Meanwhile, in the Morning Rush, More Than a Dozen Lines Were Delayed (NYT, Crain’s)
- Why Is It Taking So Long to Replace the Oldest Subway Cars in the MTA’s Fleet? (NYT)
- De Blasio “Not Putting Time or Energy” Into the Best Traffic-Cutting Policy Out There (Politico, News, Post, AMNY, Advance)
- But He’s Still Putting Time and Energy Into His Long Car Trips to Ride a Stationary Bike (Politico, Post)
- Cristina Furlong of Make Queens Safer Will Run for the Council Seat Vacated By Julissa Ferreras (TL)
- NYT Endorses Fair Fares
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Columbia Student on Riverside Drive at 115th Street (DNA, Post)
- NYPD Throws the Book at Teen Driver Who Dragged and Seriously Injured Officer in Brooklyn (Post)
- State Senate Passes Bill Making It a Felony When Unlicensed Drivers Injure or Kill Someone (TL)
- Fox5‘s Arthur Chi’en Doesn’t Traffic in Windshield Perspective
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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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