Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on June 24, 2014

You Don't Say: Christie Faces SEC Probe After Diverting Port's ARC Funds to Roads (NYT)
MTA's 7 Train Extension and Fulton Transit Center Openings Delayed Again (NYT, WNYC, NY1)
Cuomo's Mysterious MTA "Reinvention Commission" Meets Tomorrow for First Time (CapNY)
More on de Blasio Signing 11 Traffic Safety Bills: News, Crain's, AP, WCBS, NY1, Newsday
NYPD Withheld Information From Judge in Case of Ped Killed by Police Driver (Gothamist)
$1 Surcharge on New MetroCards Resulted in 71 Percent Drop in Number of Cards Sold (Post)
The City May Be Planting One Million Trees, But What If a Street Tree Dies? (WNYC)
Transit-Oriented Development Slowly Coming to Long Island (WSJ)
City Budget Agreement Leaves Rockaway Ferry Subsidy in Limbo (CapNY)
Bishop Findlayter, de Blasio Friend, Pleads Guilty to Suspended License Violation (News, WSJ)

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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