Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on September 19, 2013

James McCloskey, 71, Dies From Injuries After Driver Hits Brooklyn Bus Shelter (News, WCBS)
Family of 14-Year-Old Injured in Fourth Avenue Hit-and-Run Decides to Leave Bay Ridge (Bklyn Daily)
CM Donovan Richards, CB 14, Neighbors Want Safer Crossings on Rockaway Beach Boulevard (News)
Red Hook Residents Want Bike-Share, Light Rail, More Buses (DNA)
Turns Out Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes May Actually Run as Republican After Primary Defeat (NYT)
De Blasio Endorser Cuomo Says Lhota Did "Good Job" as MTA Chair (TU, YNN)
Straphangers: R Train Has Least Audible Announcements; L and Q Lines Clearest (News, Times Ledger)
State, Amtrak Racing to Meet Federal Deadline for Short-Haul Subsidy Agreement (TU)
New Greenstreet Garden Proposed for Greenpoint Near BQE This Fall (DNA)
24-Story Hotel Planned for AirTrain Site in Jamaica (Crain's, DNA, Times Ledger)
Meet the Williamsburg Bridge's Own Bike Mechanic (Animal)

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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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