Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog USA
By
Ben Fried
8:47 AM EST on December 19, 2017
- Truck Driver Kills Delivery Cyclist in Maspeth and Gets a Preemptive Defense From NYPD (News)
- Man Struck By NYPD SUV Driver Sues City for Lying in Police Report (News)
- Senate Dems Urge Cuomo to Enact “Fair and Sustainable” Revenue Source for MTA (News)
- Sorry, Gateway — Trump Admin Making Up Rules for Federal Transit Funding on the Fly (Crain’s)
- De Blasio Kills Bill to Expand Street Vendor Permits (Crain’s, Post, News)
- MTA Adds Newer, Longer Subway Cars to the C Train (Post, AMNY)
- Carol Kellerman: We Need a Full Accounting of What It Will Take to Fix the Subways (Crain’s)
- Shuttering All Overnight Subway Service vs. Temporary Line-By-Line Closures (WNYC)
- More Coverage of Yesterday’s Rally Against the Mayor’s E-Bike Crackdown (AMNY, WNYC)
- Times Square Motor Rampager Richard Rojas Pleads Insanity (Post)
- Joe Addabbo, Anti-Transit Parking-Obsessed Micromanager (TL)
More headlines at Streetsblog USA
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
Read More:
More from Streetsblog New York City
As NYC Debates Amazon’s Delivery Model, Its Partner Fires 200 E-Bike Workers
Just as the City Council debates reining in Amazon's business practices, the delivery giant threw workers of the job after canceling its contract with a Manhattan subcontractor.
November 12, 2026
Brooklyn’s New Bike Boulevards Will Benefit the 90 Percent of Residents Who Don’t Drive To Work
Ninety percent of people living around the proposed bike route get to work without a car, but lazy reporters would rather write a "neighborhood divided" piece with no context.
November 12, 2026
GET OUT: E-Bike Battery Fires are a Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore
New York City must confiscate sub-standard ebike batteries that cause deadly fires. A surcharge could pay for the sweep.
November 12, 2026
Thursday’s Headlines: Let’s Talk BQE Edition
Now's your chance to speak out against the mayor's plan to keep the BQE in place for another half-century. Plus the news.
November 12, 2026
Feds Characterize Trump As Mercurial King In Latest Bid to End Congestion Pricing
The federal government insists that you can't count on the federal government to keep its word.
November 11, 2026
