Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More headlines at Streetsblog USA

By Ben Fried

8:44 AM EDT on April 30, 2018

Juan Jimenez, 86, Strikes and Kills Giovanni Ampuero, 9, in Jackson Heights (News)
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man in Briarwood (Post)
50 Years After the MTA Was Founded, a Woman Will Run the Subways for the First Time (Post)
Byford at RPA Assembly: “Radical” Transit Reform Plan Will Be “Controversial in Its Ambition” (NY1)
Albany Lunkheads Reroute Cuomo’s Backward LGA AirTrain Over a Park Instead of a Highway (QChron)
De Blasio Should Have Demanded MTA Accountability Before Handing Over $418 Million (2nd Ave Sagas)
Fourth Avenue Bike Lane Gap By 72nd Precinct Not a Done Deal (Bklyn Paper)
Maspeth Residents to DOT: Not So Fast on Those One-Way Conversions (QChron)
If NYC Had Congestion Pricing, There’d Be Fewer Traffic Tickets for AAA to Whine About (Post, CBS2)
MTA Completes Myrtle Ave Viaduct Replacement So M Can Run More Frequently (AMNY, NY1)
Two L Train Shutdown Town Halls Coming Up in May (AMNY)

More headlines at Streetsblog USA

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.

More from Streetsblog New York City

Delivery

‘Really Precarious’: Wages Are Up, But Delivery Work Is Still Unsafe and Unpredictable

The city's delivery worker minimum wage law has been successful in delivering higher wages, but didn't solve poor working conditions and deactivations that keep workers unsafe and unstable, a new city report reveals.