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9:00 AM EDT on May 7, 2015

    • Livery Driver Kills Boy, 12, in Harlem (NYT, WNBC); News, Post, DNA Say He "Darted" Into Street
    • Teenager Critically Injured by Driver Outside James Madison HS in Bklyn (WNBC, WPIX, News)
    • De Blasio Adds $241 Million to Road Resurfacing Budget, Above City Council Ask (Advance, WCBS)
    • Daily News Blasts de Blasio, Says Cuomo Has Bigger Responsibility to Fund MTA Capital Plan
    • Driver Who Killed 9-Year-Old Lucian Merryweather Avoids Jail in Manslaughter Plea (Post)
    • Officials Worry About Cross-Hudson Capacity Crunch (WSJ)
    • Residents Say Bailey Avenue in Kingsbridge Needs Traffic Calming (Norwood News)
    • Joe Borelli Stumps for Right-on-Red, Fewer Car Inspections, Direct Driver Subsidies (Advance)
    • Find Out Which Streets on Staten Island Have Speed Limits Above 25 MPH (Advance)
    • City Council Members Ask for Ferry Service to Duplicate the Route of the 1 Train (WNBC)
    • It's Official: Former Daily News Reporter Pete Donohue Now on TWU Payroll (Capital, TWU)

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Stephen Miller
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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