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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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Department of Sanitation

Hey, Hells Kitchen, Your Parking Space is Garbage!

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Ben Kallos

Don’t Let Coronavirus Prevent NYC from Buying Small Snowplows (…Wait, Wut?)

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EXCLUSIVE: City Takes Major Steps to Get Garbage off the Sidewalk

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

DOT’s New Protected Grand Street Bike Lane Is Still Not Protected

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City Council

Manhattan Pol Wants Trucks To Be Equipped With-Life Saving Sensors

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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Hey, Hells Kitchen, Your Parking Space is Garbage!

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EXCLUSIVE: City Takes Major Steps to Get Garbage off the Sidewalk

DOT’s New Protected Grand Street Bike Lane Is Still Not Protected

Manhattan Pol Wants Trucks To Be Equipped With-Life Saving Sensors

City Employee Actually Faces Punishment For (Pretty Blatant) Placard Abuse

City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers

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