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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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Pols and Advocates Demand City Crack Down on Last-Mile Facilities 

Austin Celestin is a graduate student at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.

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Opinion: DOT’s Delancey Street Median Plan Should Just Be the Start of Major Improvements

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DOT to Council: Don’t Ask Us To Do More After We Failed to What You Mandated Us To Do Last Year

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From the Assignment Desk: Open Plans Helps Get You Ready for Tuesday’s Council ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing

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Monday’s Headlines: Walk This Way Edition

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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NYPD Tow Truck Driver Runs Over 2-Year-Old Girl Under FDR Drive

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SEE IT: Hit-and-Run Scofflaw Driver Slams Cyclist (and Dog) on Cargo Bike on Fifth Avenue

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Attorney General James Says Harlem Truck Depot May Violate State Law