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8:56 AM EDT on July 12, 2018

    • City to Show Commercial Carting Reforms in Closed-Door Session Today (Politico)
    • Deep Dive Into "Nocturnal Wild West" of Commercial Carting and Effort to Transform It (Comm Obs)
    • Inside the City Council Maneuvering to Foil Zone-Based Commercial Waste Collection (Crain's)
    • NYPD Arrests Prince Edmonds, 19, for Killing Robert Craigwell With Van at S.I. Courthouse (Advance)
    • How Marty Golden's Speed Cam Announcement Played in the Local Press (Bklyner, Reporter, Daily)
    • William Finnegan Tells Nancy Solomon What He Learned About Andy Byford and the MTA (WNYC)
    • Whiners Win -- No Dockless Bike-Share for Coney Island Until the Fall (Bklyn Paper)
    • Happy Election Season: Cuomo Touts New Plaza and "Streetscape" Upgrades for South Bronx (AMNY)
    • 78th Precinct Shamed Into Towing Park Slope Dumpstermobile (Bklyn Paper)

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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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