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By Ben Fried

8:53 AM EDT on September 26, 2017

As Transit Delays Reached Crisis Levels, Cuomo’s MTA Spent $40 Million on Bridge Decorations (Politico)
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Matt von Ohlen Convicted of Manslaughter (Gothamist, News)
The Defense of the Driver Who Killed Victoria Nicodemus Is That He Was Awake (DNA, Post)
DA Offers to Cap Sentence at 60 Days for Michael Khmil, Whose Negligence Caused Death of Alexa Cioffi (Advance)
SUV Driver Hits Boy in Sheepshead Bay (News); Cabbie Injures Man in Wheelchair on UES (Post)
Lander: Add Bus Arrival Info to LinkNYC Kiosks (AMNY, DNA, Bklyner)
More Coverage of the MTA’s Performance Dashboard (NYT, AMNY, WNYC, Post)
Gateway Builders Praying Related Companies Will Pay for Tunnel Box Segment Under Hudson Yards (Politico)
NYC DOT: Seventh Avenue Protected Bike Lane Construction Starts This Week (DNA)
State DOT Turns Overflow Car Storage Area in Maspeth Into a New Space for People (QChron)

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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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