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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

Pro basketball star Nigel Johnson was badly injured in a crash in August. Photo: Instagram

Cops Say They’ve Arrested Hit-and-Run Driver Who Gravely Injured Pro Hoops Star

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 11, 2023 | No Comments
The arrest came only after the victim's family pressured the NYPD to reopen a case that detectives had closed.
Back for more. Here's Gov. Hochul in 2022 before she signed the expansion of New York City's speed cameras. Now she hopes to let New York City reduce its speed limits. File photo: Darren McGee / Governor's office

State of the State: Hochul Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 10, 2023 | No Comments
Gov. Hochul has fully endorsed a state legislative effort to allow New York City to set — and reduce — its own speed limits, announcing in her State of the State address on Tuesday that she will introduce her own version of the existing "Sammy's Law" bill that the legislature has failed to pass previously.
Here's what happens when there's no loading zone — double-parking. File photos: Gersh Kuntzman

Good News! DOT Moves to Get Placard Perps Out of Loading Zones

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 10, 2023 | No Comments
The city Department of Transportation is about to begin a quiet assault on the placard class thanks to an obscure rule change.
Check out "Criminal Mischief" on Twitter   and on Spotify

Monday’s Headlines: Criminal Mischief Special Edition

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 9, 2023 | No Comments
On Friday, your irascible old scribe caught so many more law enforcement officials covering or defacing their plate that "criminal mischief" posts filled my Twitter feed. Plus other news.
The moment of impact in Crown Heights on Friday (with, inset, the number of crashes in the small neighborhood last year).

Driver Sought in Hit-and-Run in Crown Heights — Was It Intentional?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 8, 2023 | No Comments
Police are seeking the heartless hit-and-run driver who flattened a pedestrian in Crown Heights on Friday night — a brutal, but rare, instance of road violence captured on camera that is now being investigated as a possible hate crime because the collision may have been intentional.
Both of Lev Fruchter's parents (Norman, inset, and Rachel) have been killed by reckless drivers. Main photo: Peter Meitzler

Tragedy Times Two: Lev Fruchter Has Now Lost Both Parents to Road Violence

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 6, 2023 | No Comments
First, Rachel Fruchter was killed by a reckless, uninsurable driver in Prospect Park in 1997. Then, Norman Fruchter was killed last month by a reckless uninsurable driver in Bay Ridge.
Brooklyn pedestrians were struck late last year at these two dangerous intersections. Photos: Google

Two More Brooklyn Pedestrians Are Killed

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 5, 2023 | No Comments
Both were seniors.
Safety improvements have not been made to Broadway in the North Bronx. Now a man is dead. Photo: Google

Pedestrian Killed at a Dangerous Bronx Intersection that City Has Failed to Make Safe

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 4, 2023 | No Comments
A pick-up truck driver killed a pedestrian early on New Year's Eve at a notoriously dangerous Bronx intersection, then left him to die, cops said.
"Left Lane" sells screen covers. Photo: Vice News

Friday’s Headlines: Vice News’s Great Get Edition

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 30, 2022 | No Comments
I've been committing criminal mischief all over town, yet Vice News got a truly awesome scoop. Plus the rest of the day's news.
Citi Bike will cost more next year.

Citi Bike Raises Fees as Advocates Urge Mayor Adams to Keep His Promise of Public Funding

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 29, 2022 | No Comments
Citi Bike told its 215,000 members the bad news: Annual memberships will rise to $205 from the current $185. And electric bikes will cost 17 cents per minute instead of 15 cents per minute.
Bus lanes are very often blocked, which is why bus speeds are so slow. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

BREAKING: DOT Will Not Reach Required Bike and Bus Lane Requirements This Year

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 27, 2022 | No Comments
The Department of Transportation has finally confirmed Streetsblog's earlier reporting: It will not build the 30 miles of new protected bike lane and 20 miles of dedicated bus lanes required by law this year.
NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief Kim Royster (left) met with the family of Andrew McMorris, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2018, at a press conference about reducing drunk driving (inset). Photos: Gersh Kuntzman

How to Cut Drunk Driving — Discourage the Drinking … Or the Driving?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 22, 2022 | No Comments
New York transportation officials are backing a bill that has been proposed more or less every year, yet never makes it out of committee. There has to be a better way.
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