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By Ben Fried

8:51 AM EST on November 21, 2017

Cuomo Shifts Costs of MTA Electrical Repairs to Con Ed (Politico)
Lhota: Subway Crisis “Exactly Why I Came Back” (NYT)
All Speaker Candidates Want to Extend City Council Term Limits (News)
Laurie Cumbo Got an Earful From Constituents Who Want Bus Lanes on Fulton Street (Patch)
DiNapoli: MTA Going Too Soft on Open-Road Toll Cheats (News)
MTA: Riders Alliance “Spreading Misinformation” By Mobilizing Riders to Contact Cuomo (AMNY)
TransitCenter’s Chris Pangilinan on Why the MTA Needs to Improve Subway Accessibility (Moving Block)
Driver, 68, Dies After Rear-Ending Car at Red Light on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills (TL)
Woodside Businesses Should Support Protected Bike Lanes as a Boon for Foot Traffic (Safer Skillman)
Retailers Want Permanent Ped Bridge Connecting Brooklyn Bridge Park to Montague Street (Bklyn Paper)
Good Luck Making Sense of This Jumble of Words About Congestion Pricing (C&S)

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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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