Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on October 22, 2012
- A Year After Mathieu Lefevre’s Death, Has Anything Changed? (Bklyn Paper)
- The Math Will Never Add Up for Yankee Stadium Garages (NYT)
- Queens Tribune Editorial Endorses Tolls for East River Bridges
- Victor Florio, 76, Walking on Kissena Park Sidewalk, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver (News)
- Andrew Schoonover, 31, Killed by Garbage Truck Driver on Upper East Side; No Charges (Post)
- Livery Cab Driver Kills Unidentified Pedestrian in Highland Park; No Arrests Yet (Post)
- Brother of Bronx Dooring Victim Blasts NYPD, Which Didn’t Notify AIS for More Than a Month (DNA)
- Sharrows on Fifth Avenue Too Much for Brooklyn Community Board 7 (DNA)
- Why Are TWU Contract Talks Proceeding So Slowly? (WSJ, SAS)
- Columnist: Right-on-Red Would Definitely Solve Traffic on Staten Island, Right? (Advance)
- Tomorrow’s the Big Day for TA Advocate to Break Subway-Riding World Record (Post)
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In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation.
From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.
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