Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EST on January 29, 2015

Speaker's Race: Nolan, Lentol Jump In; Morelle, Heastie Apparent Frontrunners (Observer, Crain's)
Keith Wright (News, Capital) and Bill de Blasio Back Heastie (WPIX)
Could Assembly Be Reformed in Wake of Silver Scandal? (News, AP, C&S)
Post Pens Vintage Story About "Controversial" Uptown Citi Bike Expansion; UWS Meeting Tonight
Cross-Harbor Freight Plan Would Cut Region's Truck Traffic, But Bay Ridge CB Is Skeptical (Bklyn Paper)
Cuomo's Subway Snow Shutdown: TWU (WSJ) and Tish James (Observer) vs. Gelinas (City Journal)
The Times Has Questions About the Shutdown
Cuomo Oblivious to NYC's Transit-Dependent Subway Riders (Medium)
Citi Bike Took Bikes Off the Street; Some Stations Knocked Out by Storm (bikeshareNYC)
Staten Island Woman Charged with Vehicular Manslaughter and DWI for Killing Another Driver (Advance)
Remember Cuomo's Willets Point AirTrain? Best to Ignore It (2nd Ave Sagas, Ped Observations)

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.

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog Gets Action

Streetsblog’s ‘Car-Free Carolers’ Bring the Joy, Mirth and Ho-Ho-Hope to this Holiday Season

Streetsblog's singers are back, belting out their parody classics to make a serious point: New York's roadways don't have to be dangerous places for kids and lungs, but can be joyous spaces for people to walk around, shop, eat or just ... hang out.

Gersh Kuntzman

December 18, 2025

Delivery workers

At Last: Council To Pass Delivery Worker Deactivation Protections

At its final full meeting, the Council is poised to deliver protections to delivery workers.

Sophia Lebowitz

December 18, 2025

Carnage

Serious Traffic Injuries Went Up This Summer Under Adams, Bucking a Trend

The city recorded a 5-percent increase in serious injuries in the most-recent quarter, though overall injuries are down.

Sophia Lebowitz

December 18, 2025

Today's Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines: The Parks Mayor Edition

A coalition of greenspace-loving groups is demanding that Zohran Mamdani make good on his promise to raise the Parks Department's budget. Plus other news.

Gersh Kuntzman

December 18, 2025