Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM EST on February 3, 2015
- Speaker Heastie It Is (NYT, Capital); Cuomo: No Ethics Reform, No Budget Deal (NYT, TU, Capital)
- De Blasio to Focus on Housing Development in State of the City This Morning (NYT, Capital)
- After Stopping Fourth Ave Road Diet, CB 10 Now Says the Real Problem Is Traffic Signals (Bklyn Paper)
- TZB, Shining Example of Broken Transpo Funding System, Is Cover Photo for Obama Budget (WSJ)
- Manhattan CB 10 Members Challenge Leadership Cabal; Gale Brewer Dodges Dispute (DNA, Spectator)
- Is Jamaica Set to Be NYC’s Next Great Transit-Oriented Development Success Story? (Capital)
- The American Prospect Goes Deep on Chris Christie, the ARC Tunnel, and Lack of Transpo Investment
- Even With His Favored Candidate as Mayor, Taxi Boss Evgeny Freidman Struggles With Uber (Capital)
- Upper East Side CB 8 Wants City to Move Greenway Bridge Over FDR to Preserve Co-Op Views (Post)
- If Victory Blvd Is a “Vision Zero Street” Does That Mean Speeding’s OK Everywhere Else? (Advance)
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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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