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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

File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Will Fund Lander’s ‘Reckless Driver’ Bill

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 24, 2021 | No Comments
Reckless drivers, your days are once again numbered.

TODAY AT CITY HALL: NYPD Will Push Back on Council Effort to Give DOT Crash Investigation Power

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 24, 2021 | No Comments
The question is: Whose vision should lead Vision Zero?
This is one of many dead-end streets in Springfield Gardens, which were installed in the 1980s to slow down cars through the residential neighborhood. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

FROM THE ARCHIVES: In One Safe Enclave in Queens, the City Chose Kids over Cars

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 23, 2021 | No Comments
We've seen the future of open streets — and it's 1980s Queens.
We wonder what happened to the driver of this car. But state DMV doesn't seem to care.

State DMV Denies Streetsblog’s Request to Know Number of Drivers with License Suspensions

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 22, 2021 | No Comments
The state Department of Motor Vehicles won't tell us — or doesn't know — how many driver's licenses it revokes or suspends every year. And we think that sucks.
A rendering of how some New Yorkers feel.

Lander: City Must Study Whether the ‘Benefit’ of Helicopters Covers Their Egregious Health Costs

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 22, 2021 | No Comments
It's time to put a price on the cost of losing one's mind.
Phase 1 in which Doris gets her oats.

The Bronx is Up … When it Comes to DOT’s Scooter-Share Pilot Program

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 18, 2021 | No Comments
The Department of Transportation revealed today that The Bronx would be the site of the city's first scooter-share program.

DEEP DIVE: What’s (Not) So Funny About Peace, Love and Abandoned Bikes?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 18, 2021 | No Comments
The Department of Sanitation does not remove the vast majority of reported abandoned bikes from city streets, a deep analysis by Streetsblog reveals.
New York's economy would be paralyzed if the 110-year-old Gateway Tunnel were to collapse.

‘Dear Colleague’: Biden Throws Trump Under the Bus and Supports Transit Funding, Gateway

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 16, 2021 | No Comments
"The Biden administration is following the law — and only after a Trump administration is that premise so newsworthy," said Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Congestion

Feds Start to Break the Congestion Pricing Logjam

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 16, 2021 | No Comments
The Federal Highway Administration told Law360 that the agency "is making New York's congestion pricing plan a priority," the outlet reported.
Where is a cyclist supposed to go? Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

CYCLE OF RAGE: What is Going On? Who’s In Charge? Why Are the Bike Lanes STILL A Mess 12 Days After a Storm?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 14, 2021 | No Comments
I guess I'm tired of having to reach out to multiple agencies — Sanitation, DOT, Parks, the MTA, the NYPD, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Buildings — every time it snows to find out who's in charge.
Don't you want to know how all this stuff works? File photo: MTA

Nice Try, Congress, But Transit Needs Another $10B: Advocates

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 12, 2021 | No Comments
A House of Representatives committee moved ahead to allocate $30 billion for America's beleaguered transit systems, but it still won't be enough to keep millions of riders and hundreds of thousands of workers safe from drastic cuts, transit agencies and advocates said.
A DOT-led investigation of a crash like this would have led to street design changes. But the NYPD did nothing, as Streetsblog reported. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Council and Mayor on Collision Course Over, Well, Collisions

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 11, 2021 | No Comments
The City Council will defy Mayor de Blasio and strip the NYPD of its power to investigate crashes and deliver that crucial street safety role to the Department of Transportation, a move that advocates have long sought, but that the mayor indicated this week he'll fight.
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