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Collision Investigation Squad

OPINION: It’s Time to End NYPD’s Current Role in Crash Investigations

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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BOMBSHELL: Council Seeks to Take Crash Investigation from NYPD to Increase Road Safety

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 Safety

POST-MORTEM: Cyclist Victims Killed In 2020 Were Low-Income, Essential Workers

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Bicycle Infrastructure

NYPD (Yes, NYPD) Says Deadly Williamsburg Intersection Needs Redesign  

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UPDATED: Another Cyclist Killed Along Brooklyn’s Deadly Third Avenue on Christmas Morning 

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

Eve Kessler

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DECISION 2021: How Should the Next Mayor Rein In the NYPD?

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Bicycling

Cops: 24th Cyclist Killed By Truck Driver In Harlem 

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Aggressive Driving

Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Seeks Public’s Help Searching for Speeding Driver  

DON’T NORMALIZE THIS: Second Pedestrian Killed In the Bronx This Week

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Brad Lander

Lander: Get NYPD Out of Traffic Stops, Crash Investigations