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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

Mayor Says State Must Act ‘Urgently’ On Congestion Pricing — Then Sets July 2022 Goal!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 15, 2021 | No Comments
"The state and the MTA have to act and expedite the environmental assessment so we can get going," de Blasio said. "By June, all of the work should be done, and shovels should go in the ground by July ... of next year."
This is the truck involved in the crash.

Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian Along Union Square Danger Strip

By Gersh Kuntzman and Henry Beers Shenk | Jul 14, 2021 | No Comments
An 85-year-old woman was struck and killed by a truck driver along a notoriously congested portion of Union Square on Wednesday afternoon.
What part of "No parking" don't some residents of Jackson Heights understand? Photo: Streetsblog

De Blasio to 34th Avenue Open Streets Opponents: Stop Parking in Children’s Play Areas!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments
Kids, not cars!
This construction on Johnson Street in Downtown Brooklyn puts westbound cyclists in the direct line of eastbound car traffic. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

311 is a Joke: DOT Is Perfectly OK With a Blocked Bike Lane in Downtown Brooklyn

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments
Here's another angry screed by our editor about a one-block bike lane in Brooklyn that is illegally blocked by construction workers ... and the DOT doesn't care.
A split second before the fatal crash.

EXCLUSIVE: New Video from Crash Shows Police Chase Led to Death of Delivery Cyclist Borkot Ullah

By Gersh Kuntzman and Henry Beers Shenk | Jul 12, 2021 | No Comments
New video exclusively obtained by Streetsblog shows in greater detail that a police chase was clearly a contributing factor in the hit-and-run crash that killed delivery worker Borkot Ullah on last week.
During the day, the crash site is a speedway. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk

SEE IT: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Delivery Cyclist on East Houston Street (Warning: Graphic Content)

By Gersh Kuntzman and Henry Beers Shenk | Jul 9, 2021 | No Comments
A hit-and-run driver — who may have been being chased by police — struck and killed a cyclist in the East Village late on Thursday night.
Rockaway Parkway is a speedway with two lanes of car traffic. Photo: Google

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian in Deadly Part of Brooklyn

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 8, 2021 | No Comments
A luxury car driver struck and killed a pedestrian on deadly Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn last on Wednesday night — then fled the scene, cops said.
Rendering: Oonee

Oonee and ULURP — Perfect Together?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 6, 2021 | No Comments
Want secure, public bike parking? Council members and city planners should simply require it during the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.
Cyclists in Central Park. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

LONG OVERDUE: Mayor Acknowledges His Failure to Provide Safe Cycling Routes through Central Park

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 3, 2021 | No Comments
"The empty promises need to stop," said one activist.
The pedestrian was struck on Broadway, which has three lanes for speeding. Photo: Liz Patek

Drunk DHL Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian on Upper West Side: Cops

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 1, 2021 | No Comments
An Upper West Side pedestrian was stuck and critically wounded by a recklessly speeding DHL delivery driver on Wednesday night — and one driver was so incensed by the crash that he got out of his car to personal berated the rogue motorist.
The victim, Jeffrey Williamson, was run over and killed by a postal truck driver. Photo: Ken Coughlin

USPS Victim Was a ‘Great Man’ on the Verge of Retirement When Killed on his Commute, Wife Says

By Gersh Kuntzman and Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 30, 2021 | No Comments
Killed cyclist Jeffrey Williamson was about to retire before a postal service driver killed him on Central Park West.
Two buses back-up behind a delivery vehicle parked in the bus stop along narrow St. Johns Place. File photo: Isaac Blasenstein

STRINGER AUDIT: The MTA Doesn’t Really Know if its Express Buses are Performing Well

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 30, 2021 | No Comments
The MTA does not do a good job assessing the performance of its express bus system and considers it good enough if a bus line has an on-time rate of 60 percent, according to a new audit by Comptroller Scott Stringer.
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