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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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CYCLE OF RAGE: In Defense of Fast-Fingered Former Mayoral Aide Eric Phillips

Today’s Edition of “S#!t We Put Up With Every F@&%ing Day”

Cyclist Assaulted on Hudson River Greenway

DA Offers Plea to Road Rager Gonzalez

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