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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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Carnage

Driver Held Responsible — Albeit Marginally — for Killing Bronx Senior As Bloody Year Continues

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

Eve Kessler

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New App Helps Reckless Drivers Thumb Their Noses at City’s Speed Cameras

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Cycle of Rage

CYCLE OF RAGE: On Hearing Day, Fact-Checking the NYPD is Job One

Matthew Carmody

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OPINION: Stopping the Lawless Drivers Behind Our Traffic Violence Crisis

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Yet Another Report Makes Clear Case for City Control of Speed Cameras

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Truck Driver Gets a Few Summonses for Killing Borough Park Cyclist as MTA Workers Continue Dangerous Parking

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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CARNAGE: Garbage Truck Driver Kills Cyclist in Borough Park, After Pedestrian is Killed by Drunk Driver in Manhattan

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Manhattan Pol to NYPD: Follow the Law on Placard Misuse

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Drivers Seriously Injure Two More Pedestrians — But One Hit-and-Run Driver Collared, Say Cops

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CASE CLOSED: Another Look at How the NYPD Lies to Protect Placard Corrupted Cops

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