Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on October 7, 2014
- WNYC Profiles Lizi Rahman, Who Lost Her Son Asif to Traffic Violence
- Cuomo: We Don’t Know TZB Cost, Tolls, or Financing, But Look at This Sweet Crane (LoHud)
- Turns Out Bank Settlement Billions Could Go to to Fund Cuomo Infrastructure Bank (LoHud)
- Elderly Man Seriously Injured After Cabbie Jumps Curb in Midtown (Post, WNBC, WCBS, Gothamist)
- Driver Jumps Curb, Slams Into Canarsie Dry Cleaners (WCBS)
- Pity The Motorists Who Are Fined for Breaking the Law — It’s An Outrage (TL)
- WSJ Covers Transit Tax Benefit Set to Pass Council
- More Coverage of City Council Hearing on MTA Capital Plan from AMNY
- NYPD Ticket Fixing Trial: “The Officer Can Just Tear It Up and Throw It Away” (Post)
- Ghosts of Robert Moses: Goldfeder Advocates for Long-Canceled Expressway (LI Herald)
- AMNY on the Scourge of “Man Spread” on the Subway
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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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