Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM EST on January 23, 2014
- Cuomo’s Budget Includes $40 Million MTA Raid, Shortchanges Bike/Ped (MTR)
- Assembly Member Brennan on Cuomo’s Latest MTA Raid: “It’s a Grab and He Shouldn’t Do It” (News)
- 49th Precinct Cracks Down on Dangerous Drivers at Deadly Williamsbridge Road Intersection (Bx Times)
- Drivers, Passengers Start Brawl After Road Rage Argument, Curb-Jumping Crash in Corona (News)
- Mount Sinai ER Director Kaushal Shah Explains What Happens When a Driver Hits You (News)
- DiNapoli: State DOT Screwup Keeps Dangerous Trucks on Road; Enforcement Slim to None (TU)
- Taxi Industry Kingpin Evgeny Freidman, Soured on Yassky, Really, Really Likes Bill de Blasio (CapNY)
- In Wake of Christie’s GWB Scandal, Calls for Port Authority Reform Gain Currency (CapNY, News)
- Here’s the Underground Art Planned for the Second Avenue Subway (Untapped Cities via Gothamist)
- Bklyn Paper Parenting Columnist: “There Is, Perhaps, No Greater Symbol of Adulthood Than Driving”
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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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