Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EST on November 19, 2012

Jason Williams, 23, Killed in Unsolved Hit-and-Run on Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush (News)
Confirming Rumors, Scott Stringer Moves From Mayoral to Comptroller Race (News)
Bloomberg Extends Odd-Even Gas Rationing Through Thanksgiving (Post)
Paulina Rodriguez, 24, Blew a Stop Sign Before Fatal Queens Crash (News)
This Is What It Takes for Prosecutors to Charge a Driver With Vehicular Homicide (NYT)
NJ Transit Launches Internal Probe After a Third of Its Rail Fleet Is Destroyed By Sandy (Post)
Vote Coming on City Council Redistricting; Vito Lopez Expects a Big Boost (WNYC, Post)
Extension of Crosstown Midtown Bike Lanes Presented to CB 4 (Epoch Times)
The Bergen Street Bike Lane Is Protected Thanks to Barriers from the 78th Precinct (Beige Inside)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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.

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog New York City

Delivery workers

New Bill Would Block Apps From Deactivating Workers Without Cause

A Brooklyn Council member wants delivery app companies to be more human and less robot.

Sophia Lebowitz

July 18, 2025

Friday Video

Friday Video: Is Berlin a Great Biking City?

Have recent moves by anti-bike, pro-car legislators ruined the experience in the capital of a unified Germany? Sort of!

Gersh Kuntzman

July 18, 2025

#StuckAtDOT

Eyes on the Street: Meeker Avenue Bike Lane Is a Failure

The Department of Transportation still hasn't finished a critical bike lane under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that the agency has been stalling for over four years even after identifying the strip's danger and lack of proper signals.