Today’s Headlines
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8:52 AM EDT on May 12, 2015
- Republicans Coalesce Around Long Island’s John Flanagan as New Senate Leader (TU, Post, Capital)
- Nfn Loknauth, 83, Dragged by Driver, Killed Crossing Street in Front of His Richmond Hill Home (News)
- Station Renovations Could Get Stalled If Albany Doesn’t Fund MTA Capital Plan (NY1)
- Another Super-Sized Service Disruption for 7 Train Riders Yesterday (DNA, Post, WCBS)
- Driver Smashes Into Closed Nightclub in Jamaica, Suffers Non-Life Threatening Injuries (Post)
- Mother Sues MTA for Letting Son Off at Undesignated Bus Stop Before Car Driver Struck Him (DNA)
- NYC’s Crumbling Streets Threaten to Swallow Fire Truck’s Front Wheel in the Bronx (DNA)
- Manhattan CB 4 Wants Affordable Housing on City-Owned Hell’s Kitchen Parking Lot (DNA)
- City Seeks Vendors to Upgrade 311 System. But Will It Get Parked Cars Out of the Bike Lanes? (Capital)
- 78th Precinct Installs Traffic Cones So Officers No Longer Park in Crosswalks (News 12)
- Happy Bike Month: Citi Bike Will Waive the Cost of a Day Pass on Thursday (Gothamist)
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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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