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
New Academic Study Bolsters Streetsblog’s March (Parking) Madness: Cops Degrade Neighborhoods
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Our March (Parking) Madness contest just got its Ph.D.!
March (Parking) Madness: It’s Bronx vs. Brooklyn in the Tournament Final!
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It's the 75th Precinct vs. the 43rd Precinct in our annual tournament of losers.
Road Death Stalks New York City on Passover With Three People Killed by Drivers
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Two pedestrians and a cyclist were killed in a spate of bloodshed on Wednesday night that included two hit-and-run drivers.
Discipline for Recklessly Driving DOT Employee — But What Discipline?
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The Department of Transportation has told a Queens Council member that it has taken "action" against an employee whom the pol spotted driving recklessly and aggressively in Midtown last month — but the agency declined several opportunities to reveal "action" it took.
TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT SPECIAL: Bad Day for a President, Great Day for Cyclist in Lower Manhattan
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All it took was the historic arraignment of a former President of the United States to get the NYPD and the state court system to keep the Centre Street bike lane clear.
Council Budget Response: $3M for Battery Swaps and $61M for Fair Fares (Among Other Things)
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Mayor Adams needs to spend millions more to fund the Fair Fares program, make roads safer and make a "down payment" on a battery swap program to thwart fires from substandard lithium-ion power packs, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Transportation Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers say.
EXCLUSIVE: City to Ban Teslas, Citing Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
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The Adams administration will issue an emergency order today, April 1, barring the owners of Teslas and other lithium-ion powered cars from driving their vehicles into the five boroughs, citing the well-documented danger that the batteries pose to the general public.
Dept. of Investigation Says Cops Did Harass 311 Callers, Confirming Streetsblog Account
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City investigators have concluded that members of the NYPD harassed two men who filed 311 complaints about illegal parking and other unsafe road conditions, harassment that Streetsblog revealed in multiple exclusive stories last year.
Ferry Good News: First Electric Boat to Governors Island to Launch Next Year
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Battery-powered ferry service is coming next year between Lower Manhattan and Governors Island. And the city wants you to name the electric boat.
CYCLE OF RAGE: Why Does the Parks Dept. Let Drivers Defile Black History?
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New York City would never allow people to park on top of its Holocaust memorial. And it would never let people drive on a major civil rights monument. Nor would it let people spew pollution at a national cemetery. Except that it would.
DOT Shows Off Ways to ‘Reconnect’ Communities Harmed by BQE, But Questions Remain
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On Tuesday night, the Adams administration offered a glimpse of some changes it hopes to make along the BQE corridor.
City Begins Long Process of Making it Harder to Evade Speed Cameras
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Scores of online vendors are still selling egregious plate obscurers, and even a brick-and-mortar retailer that had been warned by the city was still hawking an illegal cover.