Today’s Headlines
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8:50 AM EDT on September 17, 2015
- Coalition Led by Times Sq Alliance Releases Report: Keep the Plazas, Curb the Street Performers (NYT)
- TWU Pays for Ads Backing Team Cuomo’s Line on Capital Program Funding (News)
- Voters Don’t Like Cuomo-De Blasio Wars, But Cuomo Comes Out Ahead of Mayor (Politico, News)
- What Truce? Uber Hires More Political Operatives, Prepares Its Own Report to Rebut City Hall (WSJ)
- If NJ Transit Keeps Quietly Cutting Service, We Won’t Need New Hudson Tunnel (NJ.com, Bloomberg)
- Two Officers Under Investigation for Violating NYPD Pursuit Protocol After Motorcyclist Dies (WCBS, Post)
- Wrong-Way Driver Arrested for Drunk Driving at Holland Tunnel Approach (Gothamist, News, Post, DNA)
- Cuomo’s Willets Point AirTrain Is More of a Wish Than an Actual Plan (Gotham Gazette)
- New Hudson Yards Subway Station Experiences Its First Delay From Signal Problems (Post)
- Citi Bike Hitting New Records as System Expands, Approaching 50,000 Trips Daily (News)
- Monday: Help Plan Better Public Spaces Beneath the BQE and the Brooklyn Bridge (DNA)
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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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