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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

The pedestrian was crossing Park Avenue with the light, cops said. Photo: Google

Bronx Pedestrian Killed by Driver Who Remains Uncharged

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments
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.
Imagine so much more space for people at Atlantic and Fourth avenues. Graphic: Transportation Alternatives

SEE IT! Transportation Alternatives Shows Off ‘Shovel Ready’ NYC 25X25 Projects

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments
If you have five minutes, you really gotta look at these videos.
File photo

INSIDE BASEBALL: Is DOT Ready For New Role as Overseer of Crash Investigations and Press Reports?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments
Many questions remain just three weeks before the agency gains far more control over the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad.
Justice for Baby Apolline. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

GRIPE SESSION: Departing Council Member Cumbo Gives Parting Gift to Car Owners

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments
"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

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 6, 2021 | No Comments
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

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 3, 2021 | No Comments
The penalty for filling New Yorkers' lungs with pollution is too low.
The proposal would bring safety to an area of great carnage. Graphic: Street Plans

Unwilling to Wait for DOT, Neighborhood Residents Pitch Design for ‘Apolline’s Garden’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 1, 2021 | No Comments
A tribute to a 3-month-old baby who was killed by a reckless driver appears to be moving forward.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, our Field Guide, and devices that the NYPD wrongly misidentifies as "e-bikes."

NYPD Seizes Illegal Mopeds — Then Disseminates Misinformation, Lies and Anti-Cycling Propaganda

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 29, 2021 | No Comments
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 desperately needs congestion pricing money, though CEO Janno Lieber (inset) doesn't think so yet. Photos: MTA

The MTA Needs to Stop Saying it Doesn’t ‘Need’ Congestion Pricing Money: Advocates

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 23, 2021 | No Comments
It's a capital offense.
Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson (left with Deputy Commissioner Rocco DiRico) shows off the agency's new narrow snowplows. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

EXCLUSIVE: Sanitation Commissioner to Cyclists: ‘We Will Do Better This Winter’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 23, 2021 | No Comments
"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.
The car driver who hit Christopher Marshall would have been using this left-turn lane to turn onto Eastern Parkway — but Marshall was in the crosswalk with the light, cops said.

Pedestrian Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver Dies, Cops Say

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 21, 2021 | No Comments
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.
A driver deciding to take the Jay Street Busway could face a higher fine under Gov. Hochul's executive budget. Photo: Dave Colon

THAT’S TWO! Jay Street Busway is Made Permanent, Just Like the (Much Better) One on 14th Street

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 19, 2021 | No Comments
Never let it be said he didn't do the least he could do.
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