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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

Bruckner near crash

Carnage

UPDATE: Another Cyclist is Dead — 21st This Year

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Cops Reveal Another Cyclist Death in The Bronx by Hit-and-Run Driver

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Bicycle Infrastructure

BEHIND THE NUMBERS: Bike Injuries Are Up in Places with Worst Infrastructure

Ida Sawyer

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Bill de Blasio

OPINION: Mayor de Blasio Must Hold NYPD To Account for Bronx Assault

Twahira Khan

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Bicycling

OPINION: City Must Fix a Dangerous Gap in the Bronx River Greenway

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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Hit-and-Run Driver Sends Bronx Cyclist to Hospital Amid Injury Surge

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Car-Free Streets

NYPD Inconsistent on Actually Opening the Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’

Michael Kaess

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To My Bronx Neighbors: Please Don’t Take Our Awesome Open Street Away!

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Broadway

Two More Miles of Open Streets Coming Tomorrow: Broadway, Lower East Side and 34th Ave. in Queens

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Cyclists Injuries Soaring in The Bronx — An Area With Few Protected Lanes

The Bronx