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. Email Gersh at gersh@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
Citi Bike Finally Coming to Maspeth in January After Lengthy Delay
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The news comes after a tumultuous community board meeting included a threat to bar cycling advocates from entering.
Freedom for Adam White! Brooklyn DA Declines to Prosecute ‘Criminal Mischief’ Maker
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"The case was declined prosecution — insufficient evidence to prosecute," said the spokesman for Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.
#StuckAtDOT: Whatever Happened to Those Awesome Rule Changes for Cyclists?
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The Department of Transportation has not moved forward with a series of ambitious rule changes that would have improved cycling and encouraged more people to get around on two wheels, Streetsblog has learned.
Pedestrian Struck and Killed on Dangerous Staten Island Arterial; No Charges
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A senior citizen was run over and killed by the driver of a Ford van on Monday afternoon at a notorious Staten Island intersection, but the driver was not charged, said the NYPD.
ANALYSIS: Subway Riders Backed Hochul By Widest Margins; Now Governor Better Deliver
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They had her back, so now she better have theirs. New Yorkers who actually ride the subway supported Gov. Hochul by a much wider margin than her overall 69.5 to 30.3 election victory in the city over Republican Lee Zeldin.
A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims
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There are almost no other specific memorials for one of the world's leading causes of preventable death: car crashes, which kill roughly 1.2 million people annually.
Video Shows Cops Not Even Trying to Save Man they Struck on Eastern Parkway: Family
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Where was their courtesy? Where was their professionalism? Where was their respect for this man? He wasn't dirty. He wasn't no bum off the street. That's my brother," the victim's sister said on Monday.
Bronx Scooter Pilot to Become Permanent — And Likely Expand
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The universe (of scooters) is expanding.
Speed Camera Update: More People Being Caught (But Fewer During the Day)
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Overall tickets are up about 67 percent thanks to those overnight and weekend hours, but they're down about 15 percent in the 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours, evidence that drivers do indeed stop speeding after getting one or two automated tickets.
#StuckAtDOT: It Takes Years (and Years) to Get a Speed Hump in this City
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A Brooklyn City Council member has a simple question for the Department of Transportation: Why does it take years and years (and sometimes years and years and years) to put in a simple speed bump?
DOT to Beautify Another Meatpacking District Street
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The current overly wide 10th Avenue terminus will be transformed with shared-street markings, tables, chairs, a bike lane and new pedestrian zones and crosswalks to get walkers from the area around the Whitney Museum to the Hudson River Greenway.
UPDATE: Restler Bill to Allow Residents to Ticket Dangerous Drivers Gaining Steam
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A City Council bill that advocates believe will unleash a nicely remunerated civilian army against drivers who recklessly block roadways and bike lanes is looking likely to move ahead.