Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
8:55 AM EDT on June 22, 2011
- By Taking Bill to Albany, Bloomberg Avoided Taxi Lobby’s Powerful Hold on City Council (NYT)
- Yassky and Goldsmith Make the Case for Livery Street Hails With Bill Stuck in Senate (Post 1, 2)
- Albany Deal on Rent Regulation, Property Tax Cap to Shape Development Patterns (NYT)
- Over Seven Hours, No Tickets for Fake “New York State Numismatic Agency” Placard (News)
- Jason Gay: The Bikelash Couldn’t Overcome the Facts On the Ground (WSJ)
- Smith/9th Street Station Closed for Repairs for Next Nine Months (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Decreased Demand Leads to Manhattan Bus Cuts During Rush Hour (DNAinfo)
- Skeleton Speed Boards First Deployed in Sunset Park, Elmhurst (NY1)
- LI Bus Labor Contracts May Still Hold After Nassau Privatizes Services (Newsday)
- Teen Assaults Bus Driver After Her Dog Not Allowed on Bus (News)
- Meeks, Schumer, Gillibrand Fight Against Development at St. Alban’s Veterans Hospital (News)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.
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