Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EDT on June 25, 2014
- Rangel Has 4-Point Lead With 99% Reporting; Espaillat Won’t Concede (Politico, CapNY, WSJ)
- MTA Announces Members of Cuomo’s Transit “Reinvention Commission,” Meeting Today (Crain’s)
- Ocean Pkwy Safety Fixes Still Being Designed, Begin Construction Next Spring (Ditmas Park Corner)
- In Immigrant Communities, Pedestrian Plazas Are a Vital Civic Space (Gotham Gazette)
- DOT to Install Fourth Avenue Safety Upgrades in Bay Ridge, But No Road Diet (Bklyn Daily Eagle)
- TZB Clean Water Fund Loan: EPA Says It’s Under Review (LoHud); NYT Tells Cuomo to Slow Down
- LIRR Unions Reject Latest Offer, Set to Strike Next Month; Commuter Bus Plan Ready (NYT)
- DOT’s Street Conversions to One-Way Hit a Speed Bump at Brooklyn CB 1 (Bklyn Paper)
- Brooklyn CB 9 Has Had the Same Chair Nearly Every Year Since 1979, But No More (DNA)
- Cy Vance Takes Hard Line Against Dangerous Driving — If You Brag About It on YouTube (NYT)
- New Housing Coming to Gas Station in Cobble Hill (Bklyn Paper)
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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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