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By Ben Fried

8:56 AM EDT on August 25, 2017

Bank Settlements Bailed Out Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Bridge Vanity Project (News, WSJ, Politico)
Related: Cuomo Drove Over the Tappan Zee All the Way Back to the 1950s (SoP)
Edouard Menuau, 59, Dies From Injuries Inflicted By Cabbie on Canal Street; NYPD Blames Victim (DNA)
Daily News Goes Off on de Blasio for Dismissing Toll Reform; Post Says MTA Doesn’t Deserve the Revenue
Albany, Don’t Listen to Former DOT Chief Lou Riccio, Just Pass Move MY (News)
2010 MTA Service Cuts Strained the Bus Network and Bus Drivers Still Feel It (WNYC)
Amtrak: Penn Station Track Repairs Will Be Done By Labor Day (AMNY, Gothamist)
DOT’s On-Street Car-Share Pilot Set to Launch in the Fall (DNA)
The Times Discovers Parklets

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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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