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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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Dave Colon

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North Brooklyn Seeks Some of that Jersey Barrier Magic on Grand Street

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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Anatomy of a Resignation: Why Polly Trottenberg Quit the MTA Board

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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David Meyer

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Four Lessons for 14th Street From Toronto’s Transit-First King Street

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On ‘Busway,’ Would-Be Transportation God Corey Johnson Falls at the First Hurdle

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Carolyn Maloney

Pol: State Legislature Can Mandate Now-Scrubbed L-Pocalypse Improvements

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Cuomo’s New L-Train Shutdown Plan Is Basically As Bad As We Expected

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Residents: Bike Lane on Grand Street Needs to Be Improved — Not Removed

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To ‘L’ With Cuomo — Keep 14th Street Bus Lanes, Says TransAlt

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EXCLUSIVE: Cuomo’s L Train Plan Still Has Lots of Pain [Updated]

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