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.

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