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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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Gersh Kuntzman

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Driver Who Was Fleeing Cops is Charged for Killing Delivery Worker Borkot Ullah

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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Bike NY

DoorDash Joins 15-Minute-or-Less Grocery Delivery Biz, Risking Workers’ Lives, Advocates Say

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COUGH, COUGH, COUGH: City Must Raise Cost of Idling Tickets, Says Progressive Community Board

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Delivery

Council to Seek Per-Minute Charge on E-Commerce Companies Like Amazon and UPS

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Report: New York’s Essential Delivery Workers are Underpaid, Underappreciated, Victimized

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Bicycle Safety

Deliveristas Face Yet Another Deadly Threat — Exploding Cheap E-Bike Batteries 

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Delivery and Immigrant Communities Protest Death of Working Cyclist During Police Chase

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Deliveristas March to Demand Protection on the Willis Avenue Bridge and Beyond

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OPINION: What I Learned Delivering for DoorDash

This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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In His Own Words: One Deliverista Explains Why Workers Want To Limit Trip Distances