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
Bronx Pedestrian Killed by Driver Who Remains Uncharged
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The Bronx man who was hit and badly injured by a driver at a busy intersection in the Bathgate section has died of his injuries, police said on Thursday, the latest death in the bloodiest year of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative.
SEE IT! Transportation Alternatives Shows Off ‘Shovel Ready’ NYC 25X25 Projects
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If you have five minutes, you really gotta look at these videos.
INSIDE BASEBALL: Is DOT Ready For New Role as Overseer of Crash Investigations and Press Reports?
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Many questions remain just three weeks before the agency gains far more control over the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad.
GRIPE SESSION: Departing Council Member Cumbo Gives Parting Gift to Car Owners
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"The issue is also about parking," said Cumbo, one of many elected officials in this low-lying coastal city that fail to connect the dots between excessive driving and global climate change.
Amid Bloodiest Year of Vision Zero, DOT Finally Begins Safety Classes for Reckless Drivers
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Nineteen of the estimated thousands of reckless drivers have completed the mandated 90-minute course.
COUGH, COUGH, COUGH: City Must Raise Cost of Idling Tickets, Says Progressive Community Board
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The penalty for filling New Yorkers' lungs with pollution is too low.
Unwilling to Wait for DOT, Neighborhood Residents Pitch Design for ‘Apolline’s Garden’
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A tribute to a 3-month-old baby who was killed by a reckless driver appears to be moving forward.
NYPD Seizes Illegal Mopeds — Then Disseminates Misinformation, Lies and Anti-Cycling Propaganda
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The NYPD has been caught again misinforming the public about the supposed threat of electric bikes — one of the safest forms of street transportation, and one that is increasingly the rigid spine of the city's economy.
The MTA Needs to Stop Saying it Doesn’t ‘Need’ Congestion Pricing Money: Advocates
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It's a capital offense.
EXCLUSIVE: Sanitation Commissioner to Cyclists: ‘We Will Do Better This Winter’
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"It's going to be better — 100 percent," Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson told Streetsblog, though he admitted that the agency is holding onto its old script of not clearing bike lanes and pedestrian crossings until all roads are cleared for drivers.
Pedestrian Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver Dies, Cops Say
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A Brooklyn man has died from injuries he sustained earlier this month when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Eastern Parkway, cops said.
THAT’S TWO! Jay Street Busway is Made Permanent, Just Like the (Much Better) One on 14th Street
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Never let it be said he didn't do the least he could do.