Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EST on November 18, 2013
- Select Bus Service Started Yesterday on Brooklyn’s B44 (WPIX, WNBC, WCBS, Bklyn Paper)
- Unidentified Cyclist, 32, Killed in Williamsburg Hit-and-Run This Morning (DNA, Post, WNBC)
- Two Drivers Hit, Kill Unidentified Man Crossing Baychester Avenue (Post, WNBC, Gothamist)
- Months After Amar Diarrassouba’s Death, Post Still Focused on Crossing Guard and Not Truck Driver
- Bronx Prosecutor Joe McCormack Tells WNYC Why Cy Vance Failed to Charge Faysal Himon
- Daily News Defends Subsidy for Transit But Not Bike-Share
- Tish James Boosts Philip Banks for NYPD Commissioner (News)
- 2nd Avenue Sagas and Nicole Gelinas in the Post Cast a Skeptical Eye on MTA’s Smaller Fare Hikes
- Slow News Day? Greg Mocker Pretends to Be Confused by Bike Boxes (WPIX, Bklyn Spoke)
- De Blasio Remains Vague on Boro Taxi Plans as Bloomberg Continues to Pitch the Program (CapNY)
- Sam Schwartz to de Blasio: Don’t Skimp on Bridge Maintenance (News)
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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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