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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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City Will Rein in Speeding Staten Islanders with Hylan Boulevard ‘Road Diet’

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After Streetsblog Probe of Dangerous School Streets, DOT Talks Up Student Safety Projects

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TODAY’S CARNAGE: Kill a Man With Your Car — Walk Away with a Traffic Ticket

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Brad Hoylman

THE ALBANY REPORT: A Historic, Yet Deeply Disappointing, Glass-Half-Empty Legislative Session

Lincoln Restler

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City Council

OPINION: Why We Must Eliminate Placards — And Here’s How We’ll Do It

Jesse Coburn was an investigative reporter at Streetsblog from 2021 to 2024. His <a href="https://www.streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-index">series</a> on the black market for temporary license plates led to enacted or proposed laws in three states and won the George Polk Award. The series was also a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. His work has also received awards from IRE, the Overseas Press Club Foundation, the Sidney Hillman Foundation, the Deadline Club, the Sigma Awards, and the Silurians Press Club. Coburn now works at ProPublica.

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Jesse Coburn

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School streets

Council Education Chair on Car-Free School Streets: ‘I Love It’

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Outraged Lawmakers and Advocates Urge City Action over Unsafe School Streets

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Eve Kessler

Upper West Side Community Board Tries To Muzzle Street-Safety Activists

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Amid Epic Crisis of Road Deaths, Some Members of the City Council Still Oppose Speed Cameras

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Bike NY

Broad Coalition Demands Mayor Adams Properly Manage New York’s Busiest Places: The Curb

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