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Dave Colon is a reporter from Long Beach, a barrier island off of the coast of Long Island that you can bike to from the city. It’s a real nice ride.  He’s previously been the editor of Brokelyn, a reporter at Gothamist, a freelance reporter and delivered freshly baked bread by bike.

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Coronavirus Crisis

SEE IT! Here’s a Doomsday Subway Map if Trump Tells MTA To ‘Drop Dead’

Betsy Plum is executive director of Riders Alliance.

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Andrew Cuomo

Op-Ed: More Bus Lanes, Fewer Police Cars!

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Bill de Blasio

MTA Announces Return To ‘Regular Service’ During Open Letter War With Mayor

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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Everyone to Mayor: We Need 40 Miles of Dedicated Bus Lanes Now

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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Council To Mayor: Bus Service Needs Improvements, Not Cuts

Danny Pearlstein is Policy &amp; Communications Director at the Riders Alliance.

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Danny Pearlstein

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION FOR COMPREHENSIVE E-BIKE AND E-SCOOTER SAFETY MEASURES

Op-Ed: Governor, Public Transit Doesn’t Need a Billionaire Techie

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Transit Watchdogs: Raiding MTA Taxes Will Threaten A Federal Bailout

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SHUTDOWN: In Historic Move, Cuomo Eliminates Early Morning Subway Service for Cleaning

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Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue

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Advocates: De Blasio’s Cuts Will Hurt Essential Workers Now — And In The Future

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