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Friday’s Headlines: Post Thanksgiving Edition

We're going to take Black Friday off, but here are a few headlines to keep you going.

12:02 AM EST on November 29, 2024

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We're going to take Black Friday off so we can get ready for December in earnest, but here are a few headlines to keep you going:

  • Upper East Siders revealed their windshield biases all over Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. (Upper East Site)
  • The Times wrote a nice profile of NYC Transit boss Demetrius Crichlow.
  • Say goodbye to all the dining sheds until April 1. (NY Post, amNY)
  • And our donation drive honor roll will return on Monday ... so if you want to join its ranks, click the banner below and make a contribution to keep us going. If you need a reminder of the work we do, click here.
Gersh Kuntzman
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Gersh Kuntzman is editor in chief of Streetsblog NYC and Streetsblog USA. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is archived here.

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