Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EST on December 5, 2013
- De Blasio’s Picks: Anthony Shorris, Dominic Williams, Emma Wolfe (NYT, News, Observer, CapNY 1, 2)
- Speculation for DOT and City Planning, Among Other Agency Heads, From the Observer
- WSJ Asks Whether MNR Train Operator Should Be Criminally Charged
- “I’d Rather Trust Myself to MTA Drivers Than to All the Other Drivers Who Use NY’s Highways” (News)
- Cohen-Eckstein Family Makes Plea at Park Slope Traffic Safety Forum (DNA, Gothamist)
- More Coverage of CB 7’s Vote Calling for an Amsterdam Avenue Study from DOT (DNA)
- Willets Point Developers, Land Use Approval in Hand, Want Tax Breaks From EDC (News)
- IBO Releases Annual Report on NYC’s Budget Options, Including East River Bridge Tolls (WNYC)
- Allegedly Drunk, Speeding Driver Who Plowed Into SI Home Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Assault (Advance)
- It May Cost $2 to Ride a Ferry to Governors Island Next Year (DNA)
- Janette Sadik-Khan Got More Votes Than Rudy Giuliani on November’s Ballot (NY Mag)
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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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