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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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Mayor Adams Says He Didn’t Give the Order to Erase Fort Greene Open Street

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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WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Experts Discuss Subway Crime, Death, Homelessness

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Mayor Adams Must Do More to Speed Up Buses, Advocates Say

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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Wait, What? Does Mayor Adams Really Think Our Transit System is the Best in the World?

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So is Eric Adams’s ‘Asst. Parking Director’ Brother Qualified to Head Mayoral Security?

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Despite End of Holiday Season, DOT Has No Update on Long-Stalled Fifth Ave. Project

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Mayor Adams Promises that Police on the Subway Will Ask, ‘How Was Your Day?’

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Tuesday’s Headlines: New York Swagger Edition

The author posts about blocked bike lanes and other frustrations at <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCBikeLanes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@NYCBikeLanes</a>.

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NYC Bike Lanes

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Op-Ed: Mayor Adams’s Blind Spot on Placard Abuse is Alarming, Given His ‘Covid and Crime’ Focus