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OPINION: The Eastern Queens Greenway Needs Your Support

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A Round and a Roundy: Cops’ Real Motive for Stealing that Playground

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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Cops Seize Brooklyn Playground — Again — For Private Parking Lot, Threaten to Arrest Reporter for Trespassing 

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City Ignoring Dangerous Conditions on Hudson River Greenway Despite Upcoming Bulkhead Repairs

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Controversial Rotunda Project Proceeds Despite COVID Budget Woes

Brad Lander is a council member representing Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensington in Brooklyn.

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Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets

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Eyes on the Street: The Greenway on the Upper East Side is Basically Useless

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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Protection Racket: Columbus Has Friends at 1 Police Plaza

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Brooklyn Residents To Reclaim Playground From NYPD

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NYPD: Pedestrian In ‘Serious Condition’ After Getting Hit By Central Park Cyclist