Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on July 17, 2017
- Christie Robs $500 Million From NJ Transit Maintenance to Pay for Operations (Bloomberg)
- De Blasio: If the State Can’t Fix NYC Transit, the MTA Should Be Restructured (WNYC, Crain’s)
- Asked About Transit, GOP Mayoral Challenger Nicole Malliotakis Serves Up Word Salad (Crain’s)
- Nicole Gelinas Warns of Backdoor MTA Debt in Cuomo’s Funding Plan for Moynihan Station (Post)
- Driver Kills 83-Year-Old Man Crossing Street in Flatlands; Police and Post Blame Victim
- Turning SUV Driver Critically Injures Two Girls Crossing Street With Their Mom in Staten Island (Post)
- Victim’s Attorney Accuses MTA Bus Crash Investigators of Manipulating Evidence (Post)
- Three Motorcyclists Died in Separate Crashes Over the Weekend (News)
- Advocates Press Bronx and Queens DAs to Decriminalize Fare Evasion (News)
- 300 People Have Signed TransAlt’s Petition for Protected Bike Lanes on Skillman and 43rd Aves (DNA)
- Got a Transit Question But Can’t Make the MTA Board Meeting? WNYC Will Ask It for You
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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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