Today’s Headlines

Legislature Approves Cuomo Tax Reform Package (DNA, Bloomberg, NYT)
Cuomo’s Payroll Tax Deal “Virtually Guaranteed” Suburban State Sens Will Win Reelection (City+State)
Gov Holds Up Livery Cab Bill, Probably Until Next Year (NYT, News)
Nicole Gelinas: Tax Deal Glosses Over MTA Labor Cost Crisis (Post)
Gotham Gazette: TWU Contract Negotiations Present Lhota’s First Test
MTA More Likely to Shut Service for Storms, Will “Advocate” for Stranded Straphangers (Post, News)
Cell Phone Bus Tracking System to Debut on Staten Island (NY1)
Some of Those Perpetually Frozen Subway Escalators Are Privately Owned (News)
Garbage Truck Driver Kills Williamsburg Pedestrian; “No Crime Suspected” (News, NYT, Patch)
Watch Speeding Drivers Blow Stop Signs and Salmon Through Residential Blocks in Flushing (NY1)
Bloomberg Unveils New “Urban Umbrella” Scaffold Design (DNA)