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By Ben Fried

8:47 AM EST on December 19, 2017

Truck Driver Kills Delivery Cyclist in Maspeth and Gets a Preemptive Defense From NYPD (News)
Man Struck By NYPD SUV Driver Sues City for Lying in Police Report (News)
Senate Dems Urge Cuomo to Enact “Fair and Sustainable” Revenue Source for MTA (News)
Sorry, Gateway — Trump Admin Making Up Rules for Federal Transit Funding on the Fly (Crain’s)
De Blasio Kills Bill to Expand Street Vendor Permits (Crain’s, Post, News)
MTA Adds Newer, Longer Subway Cars to the C Train (Post, AMNY)
Carol Kellerman: We Need a Full Accounting of What It Will Take to Fix the Subways (Crain’s)
Shuttering All Overnight Subway Service vs. Temporary Line-By-Line Closures (WNYC)
More Coverage of Yesterday’s Rally Against the Mayor’s E-Bike Crackdown (AMNY, WNYC)
Times Square Motor Rampager Richard Rojas Pleads Insanity (Post)
Joe Addabbo, Anti-Transit Parking-Obsessed Micromanager (TL)

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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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