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By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on October 2, 2017
- Stringer Pegs Economic Cost of Subway Delays as High as $389 Million Per Year (NYT, AMNY, Gothamist)
- Gelinas: De Blasio Shouldn’t Cave to Cuomo’s MTA Extortion (Post)
- Malliotakis Counting on Voters Who Think the Mayor Controls the Subways (NYT, News)
- Speeding Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Jeremy Morales, 30, in Flatbush (Gothamist, Post)
- Driver Kills Motorcyclist Kevin Liang, 27, on Kosciuszko Bridge and Peels Off (News)
- Van Driver Plows Through Red Outside Penn Station, Injuring 3, Blames Floor Mat (Patch)
- Port Authority Now Considering Build-in-Place Option for Bus Terminal Expansion (DNA)
- Schumer: Charter Bus Operators Should Get Safety Grades Like Restaurants (NYT, News, AMNY)
- Oh Hey, It’s a Bklyn Paper Story Magnifying Irrational Opposition to Thermoplastic Stripes
- Samuelsen Takes Parting Shots at de Blasio as Tony Utano Takes Over TWU Local 100 (NYT)
- Not All Drivers Crash Into Children’s Birthday Parties (News, Post)
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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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