Today’s Headlines

  • Legislature Approves Cuomo Tax Reform Package (DNA, Bloomberg, NYT)
  • Cuomo’s Payroll Tax Deal “Virtually Guaranteed” Suburban State Sens Will Win Reelection (City+State)
  • Gov Holds Up Livery Cab Bill, Probably Until Next Year (NYT, News)
  • Nicole Gelinas: Tax Deal Glosses Over MTA Labor Cost Crisis (Post)
  • Gotham Gazette: TWU Contract Negotiations Present Lhota’s First Test
  • MTA More Likely to Shut Service for Storms, Will “Advocate” for Stranded Straphangers (Post, News)
  • Cell Phone Bus Tracking System to Debut on Staten Island (NY1)
  • Some of Those Perpetually Frozen Subway Escalators Are Privately Owned (News)
  • Garbage Truck Driver Kills Williamsburg Pedestrian; “No Crime Suspected” (News, NYT, Patch)
  • Watch Speeding Drivers Blow Stop Signs and Salmon Through Residential Blocks in Flushing (NY1)
  • Bloomberg Unveils New “Urban Umbrella” Scaffold Design (DNA)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill