Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
9:00 AM EST on November 16, 2011
- Prospects for Tappan Zee Transit Have Been Dimming Since Cuomo Was Elected (Transpo Nation)
- DOT Axes Baruch College Plaza Plan, Rosie Mendez Demands Explanation (DNAinfo)
- MTA Contract Negotiations Officially Begin With TWU Demands (Crain’s, Post)
- Bike Rooms Boom in Office Buildings, at Least During Real Estate Slump (NYT)
- Molinaro: Staten Island Toll Discount Aided by Cuomo, Blocked by Christie (Advance)
- Bikes Allowed Rapid Response as Protesters Reacted to City Raid on Zuccotti Park (Transpo Nation)
- Kimmelman: Parking Minimums Impede Construction of Small, Affordable Units (NYT)
- Details Emerge About Silver’s San Juan Bike Crash (NYT)
- Police Crash Into Mercedes, Sending Car Through Rite Aid Door (Times-Ledger)
- Deputy Mayor Joe Lhota Wanted Mayoral Control Over MTA (NYT)
- Markowitz Testifies on Ped-Friendly Fourth Avenue Rezoning to City Council (Post)
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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