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
Eyes on the Street: The First (And Only?) Snow Report of the Year
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Bottom line: The Departments of Sanitation and Transportation did a pretty good job this morning, but painted bike lanes present an ongoing concern.
Dolma’s Grieving Father, Pols Seek Traffic Light at Fatal Corner — But Larger Safety Improvements are Needed
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The Department of Transportation says it will not add a traffic light at an Astoria intersection where a 7-year-old girl was killed earlier this month.
Bicyclist Killed on Residential Staten Island Street by a Reckless Driver
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Is there no safe place to ride in this city?
R.I.P. DOLMA: A Deep Dive on DOT’s Daylighting Dilemma
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Streetsblog has heretofore unseen internal data that shows why DOT doesn't always like to provide full visibility at intersections.
Outrage Builds Over Weekend Pedestrian Deaths, Including a Child
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Street safety advocates were apoplectic over the weekend when three pedestrians — including a 7-year-old child — were killed in separate crashes, all of which involved city failure to keep the most vulnerable road users safe.
CYCLE OF RAGE: The Human Cost of ‘Criminal Mischief’
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Don't tell these people that plate defacing is a victimless crime.
Data: Unreadable Plates Soared Last Year, Foiling Speed and Red-Light Cameras
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The problem of cars evading speed, red-light and bus-lane cameras with defaced or covered plates has gotten markedly worse — with more than 7 percent of plates that triggered automated enforcement cameras last summer proving to be unreadable.
ROWBACK: State DMV Clarifies How to Rat Out Help Out Your Plate-Defacing Neighbor
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On second thought, don't send him your pictures of your neighbors' defaced plates!
Comptroller Lander: Make City Drivers Safer By Punishing Agencies for Crashes
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The comptroller says that settlements to victims of crashes caused by city workers in city vehicles should be paid for by the agency whose worker caused the damage — instead of from the general city budget — as a way to get agency brass to incentivize safety.
State Car Boss: ‘Send Me Pictures of Defaced Plates!’
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The commissioner of the state Department of Motor Vehicles told New Yorkers to send him pictures of defaced license plates so that his agency can address the problem ... by sending the registered owner a new set of clean tags on the house.
NYPD Tow Truck Driver Runs Over 2-Year-Old Girl Under FDR Drive
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Even minor crashes change the lives of child victims forever, experts say. There may be weeks of nightmares or even deeper post traumatic stress disorder, research shows.
City Tells Employees They Can Save Big Bucks … By Using Fake Placards!
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A city custodian found guilty of fabricating a fake agency placard to park for free near his Lower Manhattan office for more than a year and a half was docked seven day's pay — just $1,106 — even though the cost of legally parking in the neighborhood is 10 times that.