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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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Samuel Santaella is a bike and transit activist in Queens who volunteers for Riders Alliance and Transportation Alternatives.

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Op-Ed: City Must Stop Racially Biased Policing — During COVID and Beyond

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‘Ask the Mayor’ Questioner: I Was Hit By a Driver — And de Blasio Failed Me

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GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION FOR COMPREHENSIVE E-BIKE AND E-SCOOTER SAFETY MEASURES

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