Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
8:56 AM EDT on October 10, 2013
- Council Approves Willets Point Plan, Including Massive Parking Lot (Times Ledger, DNA, CapNY)
- Hallets Point Project Also Approved, With City Study of Ferry Service to Transit-Starved Site (Crain’s)
- Council Unanimously Approves Half-Hour Intervals for SI Ferry (News, Advance, 2nd Avenue Sagas)
- In Debate With Lhota (de Blasio Was Absent), Carrión Says East River Tolls Bring “Fairness” (NY1)
- Lhota Says He Would Up City’s MTA Tab; de Blasio: Budget Too Fragile (CapNY, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Proscecutors Say Off-Duty NYPD Officer Was “Active Participant” in Motor Bike Assault (News)
- Gypsy Cab Driver Arrested for Running Over Officer’s Foot, Dragging Him 75 Feet at JFK (News)
- Off-Duty NYPD Officer Arrested for Drunk Driving After Hit-and-Run on Parkway in Queens (News)
- How Fast Do You Have to Be Going to Flip a Car on Delancey? NYPD Won’t Investigate (Gothamist)
- TWU Local 100 Delays Buses In Retaliation for Crackdown on Rule-Breaking Drivers (News)
- Cab Driver Prefers Watching TV Over Watching His Speed, Puts Portable Set on His Dash (MTR)
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.
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