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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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Borough Presidents

Costa Constantinides: Break the Car Culture of Queens — With Better Transit and More Biking!

Dave Colon is a reporter from Long Beach, a barrier island off of the coast of Long Island that you can bike to from the city. It’s a real nice ride.  He’s previously been the editor of Brokelyn, a reporter at Gothamist, a freelance reporter and delivered freshly baked bread by bike.

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Dave Colon

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CORO-NO SHOW: MTA Ditches City Council Hearing For Pandemic Prep

Philip Plotch, PhD is the principal researcher at the Eno Center for Transportation. He has been a transportation planner, director of World Trade Center Redevelopment, political science professor, director of a master of public administration program, and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. He is also the author of three highly acclaimed books: Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject, Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York, and Mobilizing the Metropolis: How the Port Authority Built New York.

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Philip Plotch

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Op-Ed: The Second Avenue Subway’s Lessons for American Transit

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Queens Pol (And Would-Be Borough President) Demands a Busway in Jamaica

Samuel Santaella is a bike and transit activist in Queens who volunteers for Riders Alliance and Transportation Alternatives.

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Samuel Santaella

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Op-Ed: Commuter-Train Fare Cut Doesn’t Help Low-Income New Yorkers

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

Eve Kessler

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ANALYSIS: For Faster Bronx Buses, Get Rid of Cars

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Meet the Democratic Insurgents Who Want Transit to be Free

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MTA Revives Old Proposal For Busway Underneath M Train

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Council Has Put Off Hearing on ‘Backwards’ LaGuardia AirTrain: Sources

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Bill de Blasio

Capital Crimes: Transit Experts Cry Foul Over Mayor’s Non-Contribution To MTA Capital Plan