Today’s Headlines

8:54 AM EDT on June 18, 2014

Klein Bill Gets Endorsement of TA, City Hall (NYT, WSJ, News, WNYC, AMNY, Gothamist)
Trottenberg on Move NY: "If You Rely on the Polls, It's Not Going to Happen" (CapNY)
Video: Officer Doesn't Change Gears to Park; Squad Car Rolls Into Uptown Storefront (WPIX, DNA)
Curb-Jumping Chinatown Driver Seriously Injures Woman, 60; NYPD Lets Driver Leave (NY1)
Retired NYPD Officer Arrested For Hit-and-Run After Killing 13-Year-Old Girl on Long Island (WCBS)
Simulator in Flatiron Plaza Shows New Yorkers No One Is Good at Texting and Driving (News, NY1)
Glen: City Studying New Senior Housing on NYCHA Lots (CapNY)
It's Driving Doctors vs. Car-Owning Residents in Fight Over Morningside Heights Street Parking (News)
Eric Adams Has More Taxpayer-Funded Cars Than Other Beeps, But Says He Prefers Transit (News)
Albany, Kingston, New Rochelle and Mount Vernon Plead With Senate for Red Light Cams (TU)
Iris Weinshall Becomes Chair of Prospect Park Alliance Board, Will Help Select New Director (CapNY)

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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