Today’s Headlines
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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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