Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM EST on March 4, 2015
- Observer: De Blasio Administration Must Step Up Efforts for Vision Zero to Have Teeth
- Two Pedestrians Injured in Separate Crashes, One a Hit-and-Run, on 207th Street in Inwood (DNA)
- City Issued 10,000 Sidewalk Snow Removal Tickets So Far This Winter, Concentrated in the Bronx (NYT)
- Greenpoint Man Sues NYPD, Says Off-Duty Officer Hit Him With Van Before Assaulting Him (Post)
- Rosemarie Mifsud, 42, Begins Recovery; Driver Who Hit Her Claims His Brakes Failed (Post)
- Uber to Nearly Double Size in NYC, Wants City to Increase TLC’s Budget to Ease Expansion (Crain’s)
- 10 Additional Groups Sign on to BRT for NYC Coalition (Queens Courier)
- Second Grand Central-Adjacent Mega-Tower Planned for Vanderbilt Avenue (Post)
- DCP Begins Jerome Ave Rezoning; Subway-Accessible Area Doesn’t Currently Allow Housing (Bx Times)
- Parking Garage Dominates Streetscape for New Greenpoint Apartment Building (6sqft via Brownstoner)
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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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