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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

Street Safety Groups to President Biden: Commit to a Federal Vision Zero Plan

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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Mayoral Election 2021

Comptroller Stringer’s Chauffeur Racked Up Eight School Zone Speeding Tickets In 2020

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Andrew Yang Rides The Bus … And Then Sort of Throws Pedestrians Under One

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

Eve Kessler

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Car crashes

Poll: Too Many New Yorkers are Injured in Crashes — And Too Few Even Know About Vision Zero

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CYCLE OF RAGE: Misguided Mayoral Campaigns — In Two Simple Maps

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De Blasio: Vision Zero Will Have to be Finished by the Next Mayor

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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Brooklyn

Cops Seize Brooklyn Playground — Again — For Private Parking Lot, Threaten to Arrest Reporter for Trespassing 

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Bicycle Safety

Long-Stalled Third Avenue Safety Project Finally Begins … And Leaves Out Dangerous Areas and Communities of Color

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Collision Investigation Squad

Cops Must Stop Victim-Blaming Crash Victims, Brooklyn Prosecutor Says

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Carlina Rivera

Vision Zero Cities: Removing Police from Traffic Enforcement Is Crucial — and Hard!

Vision Zero