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Sasha Bonkowsky is a communications specialist for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and writes about political science and science-fiction books in her spare time. She lives in Manhattan.

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OPINION: NYC Has Noise Cameras To Catch Loud Cars. Why Aren’t We Funding It?

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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Komanoff: A ‘Noise Tax’ Can Ground NYC Helicopters

Kevin Duggan joined Streetsblog in October, 2022, after covering transportation for amNY. Duggan has been reporting on New York since 2018, starting at Vince DiMiceli’s Brooklyn Paper, where he covered southern Brooklyn neighborhoods and, later, Brownstone Brooklyn. He is on Bluesky at <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kevinduggan.bsky.social">@kevinduggan.bsky.social</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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Hochul Vetoes Bill Letting New Yorkers Sue For Helicopter Noise

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OPINION: Let’s Turn Down the Noise on Sirens

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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Pols Want City Crackdown on Car Noise, But Health Department is Silent

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Danny Pearlstein is Policy &amp; Communications Director at the Riders Alliance.