Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on September 12, 2017
- It’s Primary Day — Read Up and Vote (Gothamist, Politico, Voice, Gotham Gazette)
- Reality Overtakes Cuomo’s Carefully Constructed Image as a Builder (Politico)
- DOT Let Car Traffic Back in Prospect Park Even Though No One Asked for It (Patch, AMNY, BK Paper)
- Turning Truck Driver Runs Over Woman on Citi Bike on 30th Street and 7th Ave (DNA)
- Q31 Bus Driver Critically Injures Delivery Worker on Scooter Outside Citi Field (News, Post)
- Cabbie Runs Red in Midtown, Smashing Eight Cars and Injuring Six People (News)
- Road Raging Livery Driver Assaults Furniture Delivery Man With a Bat (News)
- Neighbors Painted Mental Speedbumps in This Park Slope Crosswalk (Gothamist)
- Ydanis Weighing Legislation to Protect Large Bike Rides (Post)
- The City Made the TA Century Tough on People Who Rode All 100 Miles (Bklyner)
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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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