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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

A few hundred people, marching behind a nice handmade banner, demanded permanence for the 34th Avenue open street on Saturday. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

CYCLE OF RAGE: DOT Tries to Get Queens Car Lovers to Face Facts

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments
The process that the Department of Transportation uses to make city roadways safer and more hospitable to human being is a broken one. An opinion piece from last night's CB3 meeting in Queens.

Open Storefronts! Mayor Expands Open Streets Program for Retailers (Sort Of!)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments
The mayor had been under pressure from such civic groups as City Rise, which has been calling for repurposing roadways for retail.
The DOT and MTA agree: It's time to paint bus lanes like there's no tomorrow.

SPEEDY! Mayor Takes Victory Lap On Hylan Boulevard Bus Lane*

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 27, 2020 | No Comments
* Though that's the lane he trimmed from 6.6 miles to 4.7 miles to appease car owners.
Cops caught the driver who killed Anastasia Diaz by piecing together surveillance footage. File photo: NYPD

Staten Island Driver Who Killed Senior Escapes Jail … But Loses His License Permanently

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 27, 2020 | No Comments
Well, we got ... one!
Bogie and Hepburn, together again on W. 103rd St. Photo: Lisa Orman

Seeing the Future: W. 103rd Street Transformed in Pilot Open Space Project

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 26, 2020 | No Comments
Here's looking at you, 103rd St.
A cyclist enjoys the Prospect Park West bike lane — not noticing its subtle renaming (inset). Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Activist Honored at 10th Anniversary of ‘Eric McClure Bikeway on Prospect Park West’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 25, 2020 | No Comments
The Prospect Park West protected bike lane has now been — unofficially! — renamed for the activist who started it all off.
A few hundred people, marching behind a nice handmade banner, demanded permanence for the 34th Avenue open street on Saturday. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

EXCLUSIVE: Queens Pol Spoke to Mayor — And He ‘Gets It’ On 34th Ave. Open Street

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 24, 2020 | No Comments
On this, the mayor gets it.
The open street on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights is the most popular in town. File photo: Clarence Eckerson

EXCLUSIVE: DOT Will Take the Lead on Future of 34th Avenue as a ‘Permanent’ Open Street

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 22, 2020 | No Comments
The Department of Transportation will lay out a "long-term" plan next week for the roadway's "transformation," Streetsblog has learned.
Photo: Revel

Manhattan Pedestrian Killed by Revel Moped Rider

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 21, 2020 | No Comments
A Revel scooter operator ran down and killed an Upper West Side senior last month, police revealed on Wednesday.
Police using their bicycles as weapons against protesters in Union Square last year. File photo

Can the NYPD Be Trusted to Keep the Post-Election Peace?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 20, 2020 | No Comments
Here's an article to clip and save for the days after Nov. 3.
A video still shows the moment when bus driver Dave Lewis passed too closely to cyclist Dan Hanegby, who had the right of way, killing him. DA candidate Liz Crotty argues that the city's "Right of Way" Law shouldn't criminalize such crashes, which she calls "accidents."

Bus Driver Who Killed Citi Bike Rider Dan Hanegby Wants Failure-to-Yield Law Thrown Out

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments
Lawyers for a bus driver who was found guilty of killing a Citi Bike rider in 2017 want the state's highest court to rule the city's Right of Way Law unconstitutional.
Riders using Lime scooter. Photo: Kris Krug

Scooter Injuries Revealed! New Report Shows (Again!) the Need for More Protected Space for Two-Wheelers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 15, 2020 | No Comments
A new report wants to be read as an attempt to curtail scooter use, but it makes a different case.
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