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8:55 AM EDT on April 5, 2018

    • IDC Charade Winding Down -- Stewart-Cousins to Lead Senate Dems (NYT, News)
    • Driver Strikes and Kills DOT Worker George Staab on Hutchinson River Parkway (News, 1010WINS)
    • Police Shoot and Kill Saheed Vassell, Unarmed Black Man With Bipolar Disorder (News, Post)
    • Daily News: Don't Let the Momentum for Congestion Pricing Slip Away
    • A Cabbie's Case for an Uber Cap (News)
    • Sunnyside Dad Pleads for Protected Bike Lanes on 43rd and Skillman (TL)
    • Gateway Construction Timeline Could Unravel as Project Leaders Wait on Trump Bureaucracy (Politico)
    • Remember Cuomo's $200 Million MTA Bridge Lights? Cuomo Hopes You Don't. (Politico)
    • LinkNYC Kiosks Will Start Displaying BusTime Info for Nearby Routes (AMNY, Crain's, Bklyner)
    • Marty Golden Approves of This Trash (Jewish Voice)

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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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