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8:59 AM EDT on August 27, 2015
- SUV Driver Kills Jadann Williams, 8, on Cul-de-Sac in Flatbush (NYT, News, WCBS)
- Constantinides, Betty Jean DiBiaso’s Family Urge Traffic Calming Around Astoria Park (Q Gazette)
- Municipal Art Society Joins Effort to Get de Blasio to Support Times Square Plazas (Politico)
- Disability Advocates: Wait Time for Accessible Vehicles Is Growing With Rise of Uber (West Side Spirit)
- Meet the New App on the Block: It’s Like Uber, But for Taxis (Crain’s)
- DOT, MTA Tour Woodhaven Blvd With Elected Officials Whose Constituents Fear SBS (TL)
- Alleged Drunk Driver Arrested After Running Red, Crashing Into Police Car in Queens (WNBC)
- Maria Torres-Springer, de Blasio’s New EDC Chief, Picks New Real Estate Deputy (Crain’s)
- Anthony Weiner Makes the Case for the State to Give More Power to the City (NYT)
- Allan Rosen Isn’t Sure Pedestrian Fatalities Are All That Important (Sheepshead Bites)
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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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