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Andrew Cuomo

Op-Ed: Homeless Will Be ‘Sanitized’ From Subways — But To Where?

Julianne Cuba joined Streetsblog in February, 2019, after three years covering local news and politics at The Brooklyn Paper. There, she also covered the notoriously reckless private carting industry and hit-and-runs. A 2015 graduate of Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism Master’s Program, she now lives in Brooklyn. Julianne is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/julcuba?lang=en">@julcuba</a>. Email Julianne at <a href="mailto:julianne@streetsblog.org">julianne@streetsblog.org</a>

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Julianne Cuba

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Coronavirus Crisis

Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue

Joseph Cianciotti

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Ad Man to MTA: To Restore Trust, Don’t Sugarcoat COVID-19 Crisis

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Advocates: MTA Must Redistribute Service To Protect Low-Income, Essential Workers

Philip Plotch, PhD is the principal researcher at the Eno Center for Transportation. He has been a transportation planner, director of World Trade Center Redevelopment, political science professor, director of a master of public administration program, and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. He is also the author of three highly acclaimed books: Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject, Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York, and Mobilizing the Metropolis: How the Port Authority Built New York.

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Philip Plotch

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Op-Ed: The Second Avenue Subway’s Lessons for American Transit

Dave Colon is a reporter from Long Beach, a barrier island off of the coast of Long Island that you can bike to from the city. It’s a real nice ride.  He’s previously been the editor of Brokelyn, a reporter at Gothamist, a freelance reporter and delivered freshly baked bread by bike.

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Dave Colon

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Equity

Meet the Democratic Insurgents Who Want Transit to be Free

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

Eve Kessler

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ANALYSIS: LGA AirTrain is Andrew Cuomo’s $2B Parking Lot

Julia Metraux

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Beating Victim to Cuomo: Don’t Add Subway Police on My Behalf!

Andres Salomon is a dad of two, a safe streets activist, and a recent transplant from Seattle. He is eagerly awaiting the Queens Blvd Protected Bike Lane through Forest Hills.

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