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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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Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Leave Out Neighborhoods That Need It Most

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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Mayor Reveals 12 More Miles of Open Streets, Plus 9 Miles of Bike Lanes

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The ‘Al Fresco Economy’: Restaurants Want to Start NYC’s Revival — All They Need is Space

Brad Lander

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

This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Our Social Distance ‘Machine’ Shows That Pedestrians Are Unprotected in De Blasio’s New York

Darwin Keung

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Op-Ed: Protecting Transit Workers During — and After — the COVID Crisis

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Op-Ed: This Crisis Will End — Our Fight Against Cars is Only Beginning

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Op-Ed: Dear Gov. Cuomo, The Problem Is Crowding, Not ‘Density’!

Nuala O’Doherty-Naranjo

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… And Give Queens Residents More Room To Breathe and Stroll

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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