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2021 Mayoral Campaign

Hey, Mayor Adams — Don’t Forget All These Great Ideas from the Campaign Trail

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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2021 Mayoral Election

Eric Adams: If Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space, We Can Build A Protected Bike Route From Downtown Brooklyn To Park Slope

Jesse Coburn was an investigative reporter at Streetsblog from 2021 to 2024. His <a href="https://www.streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-index">series</a> on the black market for temporary license plates led to enacted or proposed laws in three states and won the George Polk Award. The series was also a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. His work has also received awards from IRE, the Overseas Press Club Foundation, the Sidney Hillman Foundation, the Deadline Club, the Sigma Awards, and the Silurians Press Club. Coburn now works at ProPublica.

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Media Watch

FACT CHECK: Did Another Cop Really Try to Shoot Eric Adams?

Maya Wiley wears a light blue suit and talks to a group of supporters behind a podium in Hudson Yards.

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ON THE STREET: Adams And Wiley Respond To Streetsblog’s Burning Questions

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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LANDSLIDE: Now Eric Adams Has Also Signed the 34th Avenue Linear Park Petition, Dashing Anti-Open Streets Group

Eric Adams wears a white shirt and stands in front of a group of carpenters in Brooklyn Bridge Park as he receives their endorsement.

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Eric Adams Pledges to ‘Do A Deep Dive In The Data’ of His Reckless Driving Record

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Friday’s Headlines: Eric Adams’s New Jersey Problem Edition

Eric Adams Got 15 Camera Tickets for Reckless Driving Since 2019 — And That’s Just On His City Car

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Will NYC’s Next Mayor Use the ‘Goon Squad’ to Shut Off Parks Access? (Probably)

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ANALYSIS: City’s Most Car-Centric Neighborhoods are Supporting Eric Adams