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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: Dave Colon

Manhattan Senior Mowed Down and Killed by Driver

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 1, 2020 | No Comments
A Manhattan man who was struck by the driver of a new SUV early last Thursday morning as he legally crossed in a Times Square crosswalk has died. The driver was not charged.
The root of all evil?

It Has Taken Months, But City DOI Finally Nabs a City Employee for Placard Abuse

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 30, 2020 | No Comments
The Department of Investigation arraigned a high-level city employee for using a fake placard — one of, um, one city employees criminally busted for doing what many city employees and residents do every day.
This is what happens when transit is bad. Photo: Lorraine Cink/Twitter

Report: Transit Riders — Especially People of Color and the Poor — Will Be Especially Screwed by Federal Cuts

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments
People of color, the poor, and New York's hardest-working residents would be disproportionately affected by transit cuts if  the MTA doesn't get a cash infusion fast, a new report reveals.
The top half of tomorrow's wood.

Tuesday’s Headlines: Get Your Act Together, Daily News

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments
The Daily News is just the worst sometimes. Plus all the other news of the day.
Congestion on the Queensboro Bridge's lone cyclist and pedestrian path  is especially egregious given how much space the city allocates for cars on the same span. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

BOOM! September Numbers Show Bike Ridership Increase is Continuing

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 28, 2020 | No Comments
The latest numbers show that bike traffic was up 88 percent in August on the Queensboro compared to the weekday average before the pandemic.
File photo: Dave Colon

Hit-And-Run Drivers Kill Two Men in Separate Incidents

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 28, 2020 | No Comments
Two more New Yorkers are dead as a result of careless driving — with both drivers speeding off as their victims died in the road.
Hundreds of people walked the Queensboro Bridge south outer roadway in 2020 to demand more space for people like them. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Hundreds of Activists Rally for More Space on the Queensboro Bridge — And DOT Agrees!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 28, 2020 | No Comments
"Adding bike and pedestrian capacity to our bridges is a great idea," a DOT spokesman said, but cited several reasons why it won't happen any time soon.
The city is moving to make outdoor dining permanent — like this one seen here on Mott Street last year. File photo: Emily Andrews for Rockwell Group

‘Permanent and Year-Round’: Mayor’s Restaurant Plan is a Long-Overdue Shift of Public Space from Cars to People

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments
Tens of thousands of parking spaces will be permanently repurposed from free private vehicle storage for use by the city's struggling restaurant owners as part of a revolution in public space unleashed on Friday by Mayor de Blasio.
UPS and DHL cargo bikes in Manhattan. File photo: Dave Colon

EXCLUSIVE: New State Cargo Bike Law Will Unleash a ‘Fricking Awesome’ New Delivery Mode

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments
Saving this city from a cruel Atlantis-style fate is a game of inches.
College Point Boulevard at Avery Avenue is a chaotic mess. Photo: Google

Queens Pedestrian is Dead in Notorious Car-Friendly Danger Zone

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments
Add another death to Robert Moses's tab.
The Queensboro Bridge, packed with essential workers just trying to get to and from work. File photo: Melodie Bryant

Sunday’s Protest to Demand More Pedestrian Space on the Queensboro Bridge Has Historic Echoes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments
Activists will gather at the Queensboro Bridge on Sunday to demand more space for pedestrians, 30 years after a similar band of pedestrian advocates got arrested for doing the same.
Council Speaker Corey Johnson on a Citi Bike.

Another Borough Heard From: Southern Brooklyn Wants Citi Bike!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments
There's no indication that constituents of Council Members Justin Brannan and Mark Treyger will ever get Citi Bike.
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