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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 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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