Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on August 15, 2017
- How Hard Will Cuomo Fight to Get Congestion Pricing Across the Finish Line? (Politico)
- Daily News Wants to See Albany Enact Move NY ASAP
- Midtown Streets Were for Protest Yesterday (News, Gothamist)
- NYPD Stopped and Boarded Every Bus That Went By Trump Tower (Post)
- Uber Spent $1.2 Million Lobbying Albany on This Year’s Ride-Hailing Bill (News)
- More Coverage of MTA and DOT’s Lackluster Grades on Bus Service (NY1)
- A Parking Spot Dispute Escalated Into a Fatal Stabbing (News, DNA, Bklyner)
- More Road Rage in Queens: Correction Officer Flashes Gun at Another Driver (News)
- South Queens Pols Rallying Behind Bike-Share Start-Up Spin (AMNY, Crain’s)
- Joe Lhota Failed to Make Good on an Old Campaign Pledge (Post, 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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