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Gersh Kuntzman

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We're talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who 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's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at gersh@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

Paging Albert Camus — time for a sequel.

The Fires This Time: There is No Plan to Limit Driving During Health Emergencies Like This One

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 7, 2023 | No Comments
City officials admitted on Wednesday that they have no plan to deal with pollution like the city is experiencing today — not even an emergency health protocol to require mandatory carpooling.
Fabiola Mendieta-Cuapio protested in front of Carl Heastie's office. (The Speaker was not there, but he is in the inset.) Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Supporters of Sammy’s Law Remain Angry over Assembly Speaker’s Inaction on Speed Limit Reduction

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 5, 2023 | No Comments
Members of Families for Safe Streets rallied on Monday outside of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's office to demand he pass a bill that would allow New York City to set its own speed limits, and expressed confusion as to why the speaker had reportedly stalled the widely supported legislation.
Cars are cars, all over the world. And especially on narrow Underhill Avenue. File art

City Backs Away from Most Aggressive Plan on the Proposed Underhill ‘Bike Boulevard’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 1, 2023 | No Comments
The Department of Transportation quietly caved to car owners when it tweaked a plan to dramatically limit northbound traffic on a narrow Brooklyn avenue slated to get the agency's "bike boulevard" treatment, Streetsblog has learned.
Does this cargo bike make me look fat?

Cycle of Rage Joy: DOT’s New Cargo Bike Paves the Way to a Smaller Future

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 30, 2023 | No Comments
It's a dream ride even if it doesn't ride like a dream.
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Steal This Idea: The Larger the Car, the More You Pay to Park

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 28, 2023 | No Comments
Big news out of Montreal: Starting on July 1, drivers of larger, heavier cars will pay more for residential parking permits in one busy corner of town.
Kids are endangered at intersections like Church and Flatbush avenues, close to Erasmus Hall High School, but the city is cutting crossing guard positions. Photo: Bess Adler

Nearly 500 Crossing Guard Positions, Rather than Being Filled, Are Cut By Mayor Adams and NYPD

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 25, 2023 | No Comments
The NYPD has cut close to 500 crossing guard positions in a money-saving measure — a move that puts kids at risk on school roadways that were already more dangerous than other city streets.
Could it become a reality in New York City? Photo: Jonathan Maus with the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

Will This Be the Year When DOT Finally Legalizes Key Pro-Cycling Rules?

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 24, 2023 | No Comments
The city Department of Transportation is once again claiming it will tweak its rules to promote cycling and make it safer by allowing bike riders to glide through stop signs or through red lights at certain intersections — a failed effort that goes back many, many years.
Ronald Smith's sister Julie Floyd in front of Attorney General Letitia James's office on Monday. James (inset) declined to prosecute the cops who killed Smith last year. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

AG James Won’t Charge Reckless Cops Who Struck and Killed Ronald Smith With a Speeding Police Van

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 23, 2023 | No Comments
"My family is outraged," said Julie Floyd, the sister of victim Ronald Smith. "It's ridiculous what these people can get away with."
Here's my Georgia tag and its rightful owner, Georgia Department of Revenue Commissioner Frank O'Connell.

#TempTagTuesday: Pits from the Peachtree State

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 23, 2023 | No Comments
How easy is it to get a Georgia fake temp tag? I just purchased one in the name of the state's top motor vehicle official Frank O'Connell! Yes, it's the last edition of Temp Tag Tuesday.
The man in this picture — struck by a van driver last week, yet taken to the hospital in stable condition — ended up dying. Photo: Ken Coughlin

Upper West Side Pedestrian Dies from Injuries Caused by Reckless Van Driver

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 18, 2023 | No Comments
The Upper West Side pedestrian struck by a van driver last week in what one cop called "an accident" has died from his wounds, police said on Thursday.
One life = six months. Tariq Witherspoon, who killed Matthew Jensen in 2021 on McGuinness Boulevard, is led away on Wednesday. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Killer of Beloved Williamsburg Teacher Shows No Remorse as He’s Sent Away … for Just Six Months

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 17, 2023 | No Comments
Driver Tariq Witherspoon declined to address his victim's family, which had filled the courtroom and only minutes earlier had vented their anger at the killer driver.
Transportation Alternatives, Los Deliveristas Unidos, United Parcel Service, Oonee, Open Plans, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and other groups will gather on Wednesday at 10 a.m. on 19th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan to demand changes.

Advocates: City Must Make E-Mobility Safer and More Widespread — And Here’s How To Do It

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 17, 2023 | No Comments
The bike boom is now going vroom, vroom.
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