Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on July 1, 2015

De Blasio Mad as Hell With Cuomo and He's Not Gonna Take It Anymore (NY1, NYT)
Uber Cap: More Coverage of Hearing (Capital) and Uber's Protest Outside (NYT, Post, News, Observer)
Post and AMNY Not Impressed by de Blasio's Planned Cap on Uber and Other For-Hire Cars
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Drank Before Killing Betty Jean DiBiaso Turns Himself In (WNBC)
This Week's Village Voice Cover Stories Look at the MTA's Woes (1, 2, 3)
Canarsie Car Owners Cannot Deal With New Bike Path in Their Neighborhood (News 12)
Man Repeatedly Punches Financial District Traffic Agent After Getting Parking Ticket (DNA)
There's No Proof Crossing Guards Make Streets Safer, But They Do Put Themselves at Risk (Crain's)
Condos to Replace Shuttered East Village Gas Station on 2nd Avenue (Bowery Boogie)
Get Ready for More NYPD Vehicles Parked on the Brooklyn Bridge Path (News, Post)
Meet the Mets, by Bike: Team Advertises on Citi Bike for First-Pitch Sweepstakes (News)

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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