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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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Job Opening of the Day: Director of Open Restaurants at DOT (Wait, at DOT?!)

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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Mayor Adams: Keep DOT in Charge of Open Restaurants

This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Outdoor Dining

Thursday’s Headlines: Outdoor Dining is Fun Edition

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Open Restaurants Program Survives Legal Hurdle … For Now

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Winter of Our Discontent: Council Debating Warm-Weather-Only Outdoor Dining

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City Hall Land Use Honcho Heads to Advocacy Sector to Get Transportation-Oriented Stuff Done 

Christopher Robbins

Two images. One on the left shows Mayor Eric Adams swinging a sledgehammer to knock down an outdoor dining structure in Koreatown last week. On the right, that same spot is now street parking, where three cars, including a huge Cadillac Escalade, sit where the outdoor dining once was.

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Car Culture

NYC Transforms Site of Award-Winning Outdoor Dining Space Into Street Parking

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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Mayor Razes Abandoned Outdoor Dining Structures; Advocates Want That Space for People, Not Cars

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

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Hearing Day: Could Fees for Outdoor Dining Lead to Proper Pricing of City’s Curbs?

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The People Have Spoken: DOT Study Reveals Vast Support for Outdoor Dining