Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on July 25, 2017
- De Blasio: City Won’t Give Cuomo More for MTA Until He Proves He’ll Spend It Well (News, NYT, AMNY)
- Zack Fink Nails His Take on the Feud (NY1); Daily News and Errol Louis Miss the Mark
- Which Agency Will Pay for Cuomo’s Extravagant Bridge Lights? Gov Keeps Changing His Story (Politico)
- AMNY Rounds Up the Worst Subway Disruptions of 2017
- Cuomo Ally John Samuelsen Tells WNYC TWU’s Subway Prescription, Including More $$$ From de Blasio
- Upper East Siders Speak Out Against MTA Cuts to Crosstown Bus Service (DNA)
- DOT Studying Bike Safety at Intersections, Will Release Results Early Next Year (DNA)
- Wrenching Interview With Benjamin Tello, Who Lost His Brother Alejandro to Hit-and-Run Driver (News)
- Dispatches From the Perpetual Effort to Keep Trash Off the Tracks (NYT, AMNY)
- The Post Presents the Uninformed Motorist’s View of Transit Signal Priority
- It’s Hard to Set Up Play Streets When Imperious Neighbors Get to Shoot Them Down (DNA)
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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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