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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

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STREETS WEEK! Mayor Finally Says that the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Will Be Done by November

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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Bike NY

DOT Won’t Say — And Mayor Doesn’t Know — When the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Will Be Finished

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Bicycle Infrastructure

City Finally Commits To Finishing Queens Boulevard Bike Lane — Again

Eliseo Labayen

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Bicycling

OPINION: Finish the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Now

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Mayor Backtracks On Long-Stalled Queens Boulevard Bike Lane

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

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Aggressive Driving

Op-Ed: Jewel Avenue is the New Boulevard of Death

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‘This Deal Reeks’: Activists Blast de Blasio for Rikers ‘Quid Pro Quo’ with Anti-Bike-Lane Queens Pol

David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as deputy editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.

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De Blasio Won’t Say Words ‘Bike Lane’ and ‘Queens Blvd.’ Together

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Mayor Reiterates Commitment to Queens Blvd. Safety Fixes Despite Delays

Laura Shepard

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Andrew Hevesi

City Loading Zone Plan Will Help Ease Traffic On Austin Street In Queens — But Local Pols Still Oppose It

Karen Koslowitz