Gersh Kuntzman
Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We're talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who 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's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007.
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EXCLUSIVE: City Cleanup Corps to Take Over Running Fort Greene Open Streets — Others to Follow?
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"It's terrific," said one volunteer coordinator along Willoughby Avenue, South Portland Avenue and Hall Place — three extremely popular open streets primarily because of the work of the volunteers to keep cars off the roadway.
What Will They Do? Incoming Brooklyn Council Members Speak!
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After the dust has settled on the primary elections for next year's City Council, we began reaching out to the presumptive new lawmakers from dozens of districts that will get new leadership on Jan. 1, 2022 to see what transportation priority the incoming Council Member has at the top of his or her list. Today, we focus on Brooklyn.
Mayor Says State Must Act ‘Urgently’ On Congestion Pricing — Then Sets July 2022 Goal!
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"The state and the MTA have to act and expedite the environmental assessment so we can get going," de Blasio said. "By June, all of the work should be done, and shovels should go in the ground by July ... of next year."
Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian Along Union Square Danger Strip
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An 85-year-old woman was struck and killed by a truck driver along a notoriously congested portion of Union Square on Wednesday afternoon.
311 is a Joke: DOT Is Perfectly OK With a Blocked Bike Lane in Downtown Brooklyn
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Here's another angry screed by our editor about a one-block bike lane in Brooklyn that is illegally blocked by construction workers ... and the DOT doesn't care.
EXCLUSIVE: New Video from Crash Shows Police Chase Led to Death of Delivery Cyclist Borkot Ullah
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New video exclusively obtained by Streetsblog shows in greater detail that a police chase was clearly a contributing factor in the hit-and-run crash that killed delivery worker Borkot Ullah on last week.
SEE IT: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Delivery Cyclist on East Houston Street (Warning: Graphic Content)
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A hit-and-run driver — who may have been being chased by police — struck and killed a cyclist in the East Village late on Thursday night.
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian in Deadly Part of Brooklyn
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A luxury car driver struck and killed a pedestrian on deadly Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn last on Wednesday night — then fled the scene, cops said.
Oonee and ULURP — Perfect Together?
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Want secure, public bike parking? Council members and city planners should simply require it during the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.
LONG OVERDUE: Mayor Acknowledges His Failure to Provide Safe Cycling Routes through Central Park
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"The empty promises need to stop," said one activist.
Drunk DHL Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian on Upper West Side: Cops
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An Upper West Side pedestrian was stuck and critically wounded by a recklessly speeding DHL delivery driver on Wednesday night — and one driver was so incensed by the crash that he got out of his car to personal berated the rogue motorist.