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
Good News! DOT Moves to Get Placard Perps Out of Loading Zones
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The city Department of Transportation is about to begin a quiet assault on the placard class thanks to an obscure rule change.
Monday’s Headlines: Criminal Mischief Special Edition
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On Friday, your irascible old scribe caught so many more law enforcement officials covering or defacing their plate that "criminal mischief" posts filled my Twitter feed. Plus other news.
Driver Sought in Hit-and-Run in Crown Heights — Was It Intentional?
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Police are seeking the heartless hit-and-run driver who flattened a pedestrian in Crown Heights on Friday night — a brutal, but rare, instance of road violence captured on camera that is now being investigated as a possible hate crime because the collision may have been intentional.
Tragedy Times Two: Lev Fruchter Has Now Lost Both Parents to Road Violence
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First, Rachel Fruchter was killed by a reckless, uninsurable driver in Prospect Park in 1997. Then, Norman Fruchter was killed last month by a reckless uninsurable driver in Bay Ridge.
Two More Brooklyn Pedestrians Are Killed
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Both were seniors.
Pedestrian Killed at a Dangerous Bronx Intersection that City Has Failed to Make Safe
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A pick-up truck driver killed a pedestrian early on New Year's Eve at a notoriously dangerous Bronx intersection, then left him to die, cops said.
Friday’s Headlines: Vice News’s Great Get Edition
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I've been committing criminal mischief all over town, yet Vice News got a truly awesome scoop. Plus the rest of the day's news.
Citi Bike Raises Fees as Advocates Urge Mayor Adams to Keep His Promise of Public Funding
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Citi Bike told its 215,000 members the bad news: Annual memberships will rise to $205 from the current $185. And electric bikes will cost 17 cents per minute instead of 15 cents per minute.
BREAKING: DOT Will Not Reach Required Bike and Bus Lane Requirements This Year
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The Department of Transportation has finally confirmed Streetsblog's earlier reporting: It will not build the 30 miles of new protected bike lane and 20 miles of dedicated bus lanes required by law this year.
How to Cut Drunk Driving — Discourage the Drinking … Or the Driving?
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New York transportation officials are backing a bill that has been proposed more or less every year, yet never makes it out of committee. There has to be a better way.
Three Council Members Whose Districts Surround Prospect Park Demand the Return of E-Bikes
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Three Brooklyn Council members whose districts all touch Prospect Park are demanding that the Parks Department allow the battery-boosted bikes to be used inside the greenspace, which, like other city parks, don't permit e-bikes.
Video Shows Cop Speeding in NYPD Van — And May Have Been Watching a Soccer Game Before Fatal Crash
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On video, a cop pulls out his phone to make a call — and the phone is still playing a soccer game, suggesting that he was watching the match as he was driving.