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Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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Cycle of Rage: Honeymoons Don’t Need to End, Mr. Mayor-Elect

Kevin Duggan joined Streetsblog in October, 2022, after covering transportation for amNY. Duggan has been reporting on New York since 2018, starting at Vince DiMiceli’s Brooklyn Paper, where he covered southern Brooklyn neighborhoods and, later, Brownstone Brooklyn. He is on Bluesky at <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kevinduggan.bsky.social">@kevinduggan.bsky.social</a> and his email address is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/about/staff-board/kevin@streetsblog.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kevin@streetsblog.org</a>.

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Once named <a href="https://www.curbed.com/article/reasons-to-love-new-york-2022.html">by Curbed</a> the &#8220;number three reason to love New York,&#8221; Amy Sohn has been a columnist at the New York Post and New York magazine, and has contributed to many other publications including the New York Times, Slate, and The Nation. She&#8217;s also the author of 13 books including &#8220;The Man Who Hated Women&#8221; (non-fiction) and &#8220;Prospect Park West&#8221; and &#8220;Motherland,&#8221; both novels.

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Amy Sohn

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Yoshi Omi-Jarrett is a graduate student studying Urban Planning at NYU. Originally from the Upper West Side, he attended Trinity College in Connecticut where he played baseball and majored in Sociology. He is a proud member of the Streetsblog Summer Specialist class of 2025.

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Elections

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Frederick Soffa has a Masters in Political Science and a Masters in Architecture. He has cycled, walked, driven, and transited in NYC since 1991. He currently works as a freelance videographer, and resides in Manhattan Community Board 12.

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Before becoming Albany Bureau Chief in late 2025, Austin C. Jefferson was a state politics reporter for City &amp; State NY, covering state government, elections and major legislative debates. His reporting has also appeared in the Daily Freeman, Chronogram Magazine and The Legislative Gazette. Having grown up in the Hudson Valley, he&#8217;s always happy to argue about where Upstate New York truly begins.

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Austin C. Jefferson

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David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as an editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.

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<div dir="ltr">Jose Corpas is a former road test examiner in Staten Island who has since switched to teaching and taught thousands of people, including celebrities, how to navigate the streets of New York City. He is also a writer covering sports and other local issues.</div>

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Alec Appelbaum writes about New York&#8217;s outdoor life for the Architect&#8217;s Newspaper, Metropolis, New York and others. He operates NewYorkerbyNature.com and runs over the East River bridges several times a week. If he gets his act together this summer, he&#8217;ll buy a bike.

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