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Bushwick Candidate: Here’s My Plan for Reducing Car Use in NYC

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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Council Elections 2021

Candidate Lincoln Restler: Let’s Abolish Placards Entirely

John Surico (<a href="https://twitter.com/JohnSurico" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@johnsurico</a>) lives in Astoria and teaches journalism at New York University. He is the Senior Fellow for Climate and Opportunity at Center for Urban Future, a leading think tank in New York City, and the chairperson of the 31st Avenue Open Street Collective, Inc., in Queens.

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John Surico

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#StuckAtDOT

#StuckAtDOT: The Case of the Missing Crosswalk

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Of All the Places: Placard Perps Park Wherever they Want Near the Tow Pound

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

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LaGuardia AirTrain Documents Raise Questions About Parking, Development

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Bicycling

Upper East Side Candidate Moscaritolo Wants Residential Parking Permits

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Car-Free Streets

ANALYSIS: What IS de Blasio’s ‘Permanent Open Streets’ Plan Anyway?

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PARKING MADNESS 2021: A Bruising Battle in the Bronx

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DECISION 2021: TransAlt’s ’25 by 25′ Proposal Shakes Up Mayoral Race

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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FOIL’ED AGAIN! DOT Does Not Want the Public to See its Placard Abuse Enforcement Guide

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