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<div class="p-rich_text_section">Nolan Hicks is a longtime reporter in New York City, who focuses on investigative stories. He spent six years at The New York Post where his stories prompted the MTA to redesign parts of the Second Avenue Subway&#8217;s East Harlem extension and helped uncover the LIRR overtime scandal. As a contributor to Curbed/New York Magazine, he dove into Amtrak&#8217;s failing power grid, NJ Transit&#8217;s reliability crisis and why it costs the MTA $100 million to put elevators into stations. He has also worked at the New York Daily News, Austin American-Statesman and San Antonio Express-News.  He joined Streetsblog in January 2025.</div>
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Nolan Hicks

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Traffic Enforcement

NYPD Finds Mysterious Corpse in Car With Illegal Tints Parked at a Hydrant Near Stationhouse

<p>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>.</p>


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Gersh Kuntzman

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Outdoor Dining

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<p>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>.</p>


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Kevin Duggan

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AGENDA 2026: Mamdani Must Reduce, Digitize Parking Placards

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Public Space

From Parking to Park: East Side Lot To Become Public Space

<p><em>Nicole Gelinas is a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal and the author of </em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Movement-Yorks-Long-Take-Streets/dp/1531508219">Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back its Streets from the Car</a>.</p>


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Nicole Gelinas

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Opinion: Daylighting Corners Would Add Safety While Tackling New York’s Placard Elite

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Brooklyn Still Choked by Placard Elite Leaving Their Cars Everywhere With No Consequences

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Wednesday’s Headlines: 2nd-Most Important Job Edition

<p>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.</p>


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David Meyer

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Year In Review

The Year in Mamdani: The Incoming Mayor Was on the Streetsblog Beat in 2025

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Danger Ahead: City To Let Car Drivers Reoccupy Forest Park Next Week

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Streetsies 2025: The Losers of the Year

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Tuesday’s Headlines: Going in Style Edition

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Exclusive: Mamdani Pick for Top Diversity Official Is a Recidivist Bus Lane Blocker

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<p>Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.</p>


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