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Brad Hoylman

SHAME! State Lawmakers Leave Town Without Passing Key Safety Bills

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Lawmakers Continue To Stall on Bills To Keep Pedestrians, Cyclists Safe

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SAFETY LAST: Albany Pols Stall on Package of Bills to Make Roadways Safer

This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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OPINION: What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It?

Julianne Cuba joined Streetsblog in February, 2019, after three years covering local news and politics at The Brooklyn Paper. There, she also covered the notoriously reckless private carting industry and hit-and-runs. A 2015 graduate of Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism Master’s Program, she now lives in Brooklyn. Julianne is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/julcuba?lang=en">@julcuba</a>. Email Julianne at <a href="mailto:julianne@streetsblog.org">julianne@streetsblog.org</a>

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Julianne Cuba

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Three Meetings, Nine Hours Later, Upper East Side Board Backs Crosstown Bike Lanes 

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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Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge Pol: NYPD Must Crack Down on Rogue Car Dealerships After Pedestrian Was Run Down on the Sidewalk

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

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Aggressive Driving

LATEST LOBBYING: Advocates Pushing Street-Safety Bills in Albany

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Upper East Side Candidate Billy Freeland One-Ups Competitor By Calling for Replacing FDR Drive