Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EST on February 5, 2015
- De Blasio: MTA Funding “An Albany Question First and Foremost” (NY1 via Capital)
- Mayor Defends Ferry Plan, Says It Won’t Have Same High Costs as Other Ferries (WNYC via News)
- Heastie Keeps Almost All of Sheldon Silver’s Leadership Team in Place (Post, Capital)
- NTSB Investigators Focus on Why Driver Wound Up on Metro-North Tracks (NYT, WCBS, WNYC)
- Staten Island Transit Advocates, Officials Visit Albany to Ask for North Shore BRT Funding (Advance)
- News Covers Protest at CB 7 Meeting Demanding New Transportation Committee Leadership
- Hudson Heights Slow Zone on Track to Be Installed in April (DNA)
- Klein, Vacca, Bronx CBs Demand More Enforcement Against Illegally-Parked Trucks (Bx Times)
- Upgraded Manslaughter, DWI Charges Against S.I. Woman Who Killed Another Driver (Advance)
- BID, CB 2 Panel Want to Move Citi Bike Dock, Add Plantings to Plaza at Sixth Ave and Spring (DNA)
- The Sidewalk May Be Clear, But Slush Puddles at Curb Ramps Are a Different Story (DNA)
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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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