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Kevin Duggan joined Streetsblog in October, 2022, after covering transportation for amNY. Duggan has been covering New York since 2018 after getting his masters in journalism from Dublin City University in Ireland. After some freelancing, he landed a job with Vince DiMiceli’s Brooklyn Paper, where he covered southern Brooklyn neighborhoods and, later, Brownstone Brooklyn. He’s on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/kduggan16">@kduggan16</a>. And his email address is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/about/staff-board/kevin@streetsblog.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kevin@streetsblog.org</a>.

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Kevin Duggan

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Highway Removal

Manhattan BP Wants To Raze FDR Drive South of Brooklyn Bridge

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Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

City Hall: We Hear that People Want to Keep Three-Lane BQE (Really?!)

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Brooklyn

OPINION: Mayor Adams Has Leverage to Force a Reluctant State DOT to Budge on the BQE

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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Brooklyn Pols Demand the State ‘Come to the Table’ on the BQE

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The State Has ‘No Plans’ to Redesign the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

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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Dave Colon

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Cross Bronx Expressway

City Wins Biden Bucks to Begin the Process of Studying the Capping of the Cross Bronx Expwy

Steve Strauss

Buffalo Exchange Pl. 2022 by BJT

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Opinion: Amtrak Must Restore Adirondack Service Now!

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

Eve Kessler

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Bicycle Safety

SETBACK: Parks Dept. Will Dump Bikers onto Dangerous Roads During Greenway Fix

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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New York State DOT

SEE IT! Manhattan BP to State: Take a Lane from Drivers on the West Side Highway

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Highway Expansion

As US Supreme Court Guts EPA Power, NYS Goes on a Highway Expansion Binge