Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM EDT on June 30, 2014

Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested After Killing Gerritsen Beach Pedestrian (News, NYT, News 12)
Albany Columnist Slams Cuomo for Using Clean Water Fund as Highway Piggy Bank (TU)
Bronx CB 10 Chair Wants DCP to Study More Highway Ramps for Driving to New Malls (Bx Times)
Livery Driver Barely Misses Peds on Richmond Hill Sidewalk, Crashes Into Grocery (WABC, Post, WPIX)
11 CMs Provide $2.8 Million to Fund More Than 100 Bus Time Countdown Clocks (NY1, Metro, WCBS)
Another One Bites the Dust: Appeals Court Rules Against Co-Op in Bike-Share Station Suit (CapNY)
Abandoned Harlem Gas Station Seeks Housing Developer (Curbed)
Ydanis Rodriguez Bill to Allow ASP Drivers to Park After Sweeper Passes Gets Hearing Today (NYT)
Uptown Assembly Member Gabriela Rosa Resigns Over Sham Marriage, Other Charges (Politico, News)
Cuomo Operations Director Howard Glaser Has Left the Administration (CapNY, TU)
New MTA Bus Service Expansions (WNYC); SI Residents Want More Express Buses (Advance)
Free Red Hook Weekend Ferry Returns This Summer, Without Public Subsidy (Bklyn Paper, DNA)

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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