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Hit-and-Run Driver Injures a Kid on His Way Home From School in Coney Island

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.

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New Year, Same Dangers: Mayor Adams Has Made Only a Tiny Fraction of School Streets Safer

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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As School Returns, Mayor Adams Keeps a Street Safety Tool in the Drawer

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Despite ‘Total Buy-In’ From Parents and Pols, Adams Administration Sits on School’s Open Street Request

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NYC Can Learn from Car-Free School Streets in Paris, London and  Tirana?!

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‘School Streets’ Program Withering, Parents Blame Lack of City Support

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Mayor Adams on Dangerous School Streets: ‘We Need to Do More’

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Council Education Chair on Car-Free School Streets: ‘I Love It’

Outraged Lawmakers and Advocates Urge City Action over Unsafe School Streets

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DOT Commissioner: City Must Do More to Keep Kids Safe from Cars Outside Schools