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Car-Free Streets

De Blasio May Give In To Staten Island’s Bizarre Open Streets Revolt

Caiti Borruso

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‘Ask the Mayor’ Questioner: I Was Hit By a Driver — And de Blasio Failed Me

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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Brad Lander

Progressives Worry ‘Open Streets’ Will Become Commercialized And Not Serve Communities in Need

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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Broadway

Two More Miles of Open Streets Coming Tomorrow: Broadway, Lower East Side and 34th Ave. in Queens

This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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A Round and a Roundy: How Mayor de Blasio Sees Open Streets

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STREETFILMS: Manhattan Without Cars Points the Way to a More Livable City

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Car-Free Parks

Monday’s Headlines: How Were Your ‘Open Streets’ Edition?

John Massengale

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Op-Ed: ‘Open Streets’ Must Lead to Permanent Changes in Our City

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De Blasio Looks Forward to Expanding ‘Open Streets’ — But Raises Specter of ‘More Enforcement’

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LIVE FROM NYC OPEN STREETS: Hailing First Day Success, DOT Says Position on Cops Has ‘Evolved’!