Today’s Headlines
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Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on August 7, 2017
- De Blasio: Fund MTA With Millionaires Tax (NYT, WNYC)
- Which Is More Likely to Pass in Albany – Taxing the Rich or Toll Reform? (Crain’s)
- Every Day, a Lot of Scheduled Subway Runs Never Happen (NYT)
- Gelinas: Best New MTA Execs Can Do Is Limit Damage From Cuomo’s Malfeasance (Post)
- Jim Brennan: Cuomo’s Been Lying About State Support for the MTA (Gotham Gazette)
- Where’s the MTA Emergency Plan to Fix Sluggish, Unreliable Bus Service? (Gotham Gazette)
- Frederick Swope, 21, Dies of Injuries Inflicted By Truck Driver Near Chelsea Piers; NYPD Blames Victim (Gothamist)
- The Mayor Says We Haven’t Heard the Last of the BQX Streetcar (WNYC, Voice)
- Schumer and Senate Dems Hold Up U.S. DOT Nominees to Pressure Trump on Gateway (WSJ)
- Better Bike Lanes for Southern Brooklyn? Teresa Scavo‘s Got Her Hackles Up Already (AMNY)
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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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