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Before joining Streetsblog, Sophia Lebowitz was a filmmaker and journalist covering transportation and culture in New York City.

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Sophia Lebowitz

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Manhattan’s West Side Stands Up To E-bike Criminalization

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

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David Meyer

Matthew Sage is part of the Streetblog Summer Specialist class of 2025. He&#8217;s a senior at Tufts University, an esteemed center of learning in Massachusetts, where he studies political science. He will help plot a path forward for our nation.

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Matthew Sage

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Citi Bike

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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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Gersh Kuntzman

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Criminal Crackdown on Cyclists 2025

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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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Kevin Duggan

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Amy Cohen is the president of Families for Safe Streets, a group she founded after her son, Sammy Cohen Eckstein, was killed on Prospect Park West by a driver in 2013.

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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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Sohn, 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; has been a columist 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. A graduate of Brown University and Baruch College, she is 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. She lives in Brooklyn and Albany.

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Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.

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