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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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Antonio Reynoso

Private Carting Company Whose Employee Killed a Man Last Week Has a History of Reckless Driving

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Construction Firms Must Create Safe Detour For Cyclists — Or Have Their Permits Revoked

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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Vision Zero Itself Goes on Trial in the Bronx On Wednesday

City Council

Private Sanitation Driver Fatally Backs Into Motorcycle Rider in Queens

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Bike/Ped

Whew! Sen. John Liu’s Bill to Criminalize Walking Is Likely DOA

Mark Gorton

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Op-ed: DOT Rebuffs Community on Riverside Park Rotunda Traffic Safety

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NYPD is Quick to Blame Latest Cyclist Victim For His Own Death

Mayor de Blasio speaking this morning alongside NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, and NYPD Transportation Chief Thomas Chan. Image: David Meyer

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NYPD

NYPD Says ‘Thanks, But No Thanks’ To Council Bid to Improve Collision Investigation Squad

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Cyclists Are Not the Enemy, Says a Widow Whose Husband Was Killed By a Cyclist

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Daniel Dromm

Council Member Dromm to DOT Commish: Build Full Travers Park or Betray Vision Zero

Vision Zero