Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on August 16, 2016
- Garodnick Introduces Three-Strikes-You’re-Out Bill for TLC License Suspensions (News)
- Police Make Arrest in Imam’s Killing Because Suspect Left Scene of Car Crash After the Murder (NYT)
- Rodriguez Rejects Rezoning for 50-Percent Affordable Project at Inwood Parking Garage (Politico, News)
- Daily News Unimpressed by Vanessa Gibson’s Double Standard After She Gets NYPD to Cancel Ticket
- Port Authority Pushes Bus Terminal Replacement, But Manhattan Pols Hold All the Cards (Politico)
- Post Visits Toronto to Ride Open-Gangway Trains, Which Will Be Coming to NYC
- LaGuardia Rehab Work Snarling Traffic — Including Buses Going to the Airport (WSJ)
- “Suck It Up” Isn’t a Good Response for L Train Shutdown; We Need Better Buses (2nd Avenue Sagas)
- Atlantic Av Merchants Losing Business Because of Bogus Parking Placards Hogging Spaces (Eagle)
- During the Summer Olympics, DNA Looks Back at How NYC’s 2012 Bid Shaped the City
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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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