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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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East River Park Rendering

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Lower East Side ‘Resiliency’ Plan Hits New Potholes

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Cyclists Demand More Bike Lanes, Less Community Boards and Even Some Roads of their Own

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BREAKING: Citi Bike Expansion Revealed — And It’s a Slow Rollout

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UNBELIEVABLE! DOT Adds Parking to Car-Choked DUMBO

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CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as deputy editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.

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David Meyer

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Community Boards

Upper West Side Panel Demands End to Free On-Street Parking

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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Bay Ridge

DOT to Bay Ridge: You Get Unsafe Bike Lanes Because We Don’t Want to Remove Parking

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De Blasio Punts Again on Safety Improvements for Amsterdam Avenue, Despite Carnage

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