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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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Ocean Avenue crash

UPDATED: Out-of-Control Driver Hits and Kills 10-Year-Old Boy in Midwood

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Police Search For Fatal Hit-and-Run Driver Who Fled Queens Crash On Foot

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Council Members: Mayor Was Just Mouthing Off on Helmets, Licenses

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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Bicycle Safety

De Blasio Digs In on Helmet-Law Nonsense in Incoherent Radio Appearance

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STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?

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Experts: Fix the Grand Street Bike Lane or Just Scrap It and Start Over! 

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Eyes on the Street: Hey, DOT, About That Protected 26th Street Bike Lane…

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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Distracted Driving

UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED: NYS Is About to Make it Even Easier for Untrained Drivers to Get Licenses

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Queens’s Next Top Prosecutor Dodges Whether She’d Boot CB Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die

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Autonomous Vehicle CEO: Believe Me, This Will Be Better For Cities

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