Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on April 22, 2015
- PlaNYC Renamed OneNYC (NYT, Capital 1, 2); City Hall Asks for Utica Ave Subway (Capital)
- Charlie Rangel Wants to Allow MTA Bus Drivers to Hit People Who Have the Right of Way (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Sidney Ramsarup, 35, Near Her Canarsie Home (Post, News, WCBS, WNBC)
- NYC’s Parking Meter Policies Have Fallen Behind Other U.S. Cities (Crain’s)
- Ydanis Rodriguez Joins Group Seeking Taxi Industry Bailout (Observer)
- Brooklyn BP Eric Adams Puts Up $1 Million to Build Five Sidewalk Extensions (WCBS)
- Tri-State Has a Design Suggestion for Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn (MTR)
- Off-Duty DSNY Worker Charged With Wrong-Way DWI With Drugs, Child in Car (Post, DNA, WCBS)
- Pedestrian Injured on Victory Boulevard Near Clove Road (Advance)
- Subway Ridership Crunch Shows Obvious Need for Capital Investment (2nd Ave Sagas)
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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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