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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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Charles Komanoff

REPORT: Council Seeks Per-Minute ‘Empty Charge’ for Uber, Lyft

Phara Souffrant Forrest

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Equity

OPINION: Anti-Racism Ads Can’t Hide the Ugly Reality Behind Uber

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

City Should Charge For Cruising Empty, Instead of Capping It

Congestion Pricing

BREAKING: Uber Sues City Over Cruising Empty Cap

Vivian Lipson

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Bicycling

IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: Uber and Lyft Drivers Almost Always Park in Bike Lanes

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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KOMANOFF: Not So Fast — New Uber/Lyft Rules Will Speed Traffic Less Than City Thinks

City to App-Cab Giants: Cut Empty Cruising or Pay the Price

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

Eve Kessler

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Bicycle Infrastructure

CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

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Komanoff: Times Exposé Understated the Damage to Yellow Cab Industry by Uber and Lyft

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Carnage

Family of Dead Queens Pedestrian To Sue City Over Fatal Taxi Driver Crash

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