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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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This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Oakland Official to NYC: Here’s How to Do Open Streets

Allen Salkin, who writes for Vanity Fair and The New York Times, is the co-author of &#8220;The Method to the Madness: Untold Stories of Donald J Trump’s Road to the White House.&#8221;

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Don’t Blame NY Times Reporter For Buying a Car — Blame Decades of Bad Public Policy

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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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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Op-Ed: Dear Gov. Cuomo, The Problem Is Crowding, Not ‘Density’!

Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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Charles Komanoff

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