Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EDT on July 10, 2014

LIRR Strike: Congress Is Out (NYT, WSJ); Cuomo Is In (CapNY); Like Mario Cuomo in 1994 (WPIX)
Queens CB 9 Transpo Committee Chair Calls Bus Lanes on Woodhaven "Obscene" (Forum)
Port OKs Air Rights Sale and $90 Million in Fixes at Bus Terminal (WNYC, WCBS)
NJ Lawmakers Want More Scrutiny of Non-Transpo Spending at the Port Authority (WSJ)
Moody's: TZB Clean Water Loan Is Big, But EFC Usually Gets Paid Back; No Change to Rating (CapTon)
Enviro Advocates Press State Oversight Panel to Reject TZB Raid at Meeting Next Week (PoJo, AP)
Brewer, Garodnick to Chair Panel Overseeing Larger East Midtown Rezoning (CapNY, Crain's)
Unlicensed Driver Arrested After "Intentional Bump" of Driver Ahead Leads to Fight (Advance)
Sidewalk Hogs: Woodhaven Residents Are Fed Up Along Atlantic Avenue (Forum)
Street Trees Are Important, and People Notice When They Go Missing (DNA)
Crown Heights Gas Station on the Market to Be Developed (Real Estate Weekly via Brownstoner)

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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