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By Ben Fried

8:54 AM EDT on August 9, 2017

How Much Has the MTA Already Spent on Cuomo’s Bridge Light Show? (Politico, News)
NYPD and Action Carting Still Haven’t IDed Hit-and-Run Truck Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez (Bklyn Paper)
Times: Raise Revenue for the MTA, But It Will Take More Than Money to Fix Transit in NYC
More Coverage of Yesterday’s City Council Hearing on the MTA (AMNY, WNYC, News, Gothamist, NY1)
A Highlight: Jumaane Williams Unloading on Absent Lhota and Cuomo (Politico)
De Blasio Starts Selling His Millionaires Tax to Senate GOP (Politico, Post)
Gelinas: Mayor Was Better Off Insisting Cuomo Handle MTA Fixes Himself (Post)
Dan Squadron Resigns From State Senate, Citing Albany Stasis and Corruption (News)
When You’re Delayed on a Train, at Least Now the Conductor Tells You Why (NYT)
First Precinct’s Crime Blotter Is Full of Bike Thefts (DNA)
The Perfect Mash-Up of Cuomo’s Subway Wi-Fi and Station Sponsorship Initiatives (News)

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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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