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.
Recent Posts
What a Surprise: NYPD Breaks Law By Not Investigating Placard Abuse
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The city's latest failure to crack down on illegal placard parking can be fully laid on the NYPD, which has broken the law by not evaluating placard abuse hotspots and turning the evidence over to the Department of Investigation.
THE OTHER PANDEMIC: 2020 Has Been a Very, Very Bloody Year on NYC Streets
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So far, 173 people have died on the roads this year, up from 164, or 5.5 percent, over the same period last year — even though total number of vehicle miles traveled is down significantly.
Manhattan Senior Mowed Down and Killed by Driver
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A Manhattan man who was struck by the driver of a new SUV early last Thursday morning as he legally crossed in a Times Square crosswalk has died. The driver was not charged.
It Has Taken Months, But City DOI Finally Nabs a City Employee for Placard Abuse
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The Department of Investigation arraigned a high-level city employee for using a fake placard — one of, um, one city employees criminally busted for doing what many city employees and residents do every day.
Report: Transit Riders — Especially People of Color and the Poor — Will Be Especially Screwed by Federal Cuts
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People of color, the poor, and New York's hardest-working residents would be disproportionately affected by transit cuts if the MTA doesn't get a cash infusion fast, a new report reveals.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Get Your Act Together, Daily News
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The Daily News is just the worst sometimes. Plus all the other news of the day.
BOOM! September Numbers Show Bike Ridership Increase is Continuing
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The latest numbers show that bike traffic was up 88 percent in August on the Queensboro compared to the weekday average before the pandemic.
Hit-And-Run Drivers Kill Two Men in Separate Incidents
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Two more New Yorkers are dead as a result of careless driving — with both drivers speeding off as their victims died in the road.
Hundreds of Activists Rally for More Space on the Queensboro Bridge — And DOT Agrees!
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"Adding bike and pedestrian capacity to our bridges is a great idea," a DOT spokesman said, but cited several reasons why it won't happen any time soon.
‘Permanent and Year-Round’: Mayor’s Restaurant Plan is a Long-Overdue Shift of Public Space from Cars to People
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Tens of thousands of parking spaces will be permanently repurposed from free private vehicle storage for use by the city's struggling restaurant owners as part of a revolution in public space unleashed on Friday by Mayor de Blasio.
EXCLUSIVE: New State Cargo Bike Law Will Unleash a ‘Fricking Awesome’ New Delivery Mode
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Saving this city from a cruel Atlantis-style fate is a game of inches.
Queens Pedestrian is Dead in Notorious Car-Friendly Danger Zone
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Add another death to Robert Moses's tab.