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
City Asks Cyclists Where To Put Protected Bike Lanes; Cyclists Respond, ‘Um, Everywhere!’
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City planners are asking New York cyclists what neighborhoods would be best for protected bike lanes — and cyclists are already responding defiantly: "All of them."
UPDATED: Mayor to MTA: You Can Have My Money … on Three Conditions!
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The MTA is expecting $3 billion from the mayor — but he wants to make sure the agency exhausts a lot of other funding first.
Court to Local DAs: You Can Start Enforcing the Right-of-Way Law!
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A state appeals court says the city's "failure to yield" law is legal, rejecting an argument by a killer driver.
UWS Group Shows DOT Why a Pedestrianized Broadway Would Be Great
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Attendees relaxed, played, conversed and enjoyed the roadway — all common occurrences in cities with large pedestrianized zones, but almost completely unheard of in car-dominated New York. Is more on the way?
Pedestrian Struck and Killed on Flatbush Avenue This Morning
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It is unclear why the NYPD believes the driver had the green light. A spokesperson for the department declined to comment.
City Finally Wins! Ridgewood Bus Lane is ‘Rational’ and ‘Makes Perfect Sense’
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Justice Joseph Esposito said, basically, that it's time for car owners to stop thinking the roads only belong to them.
Another Queens Senior is Mowed Down — Driver Not Charged
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Do you realize that there are roughly 160 crashes per day in Queens?
Teen Cyclist Killed by Uncharged Truck Driver — 22nd Biker Death this Year
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Mario Valenzuela, 14, was killed on Borden Avenue at around 2 p.m. on Saturday — the 22nd cyclist to die this year, up from 10 in all of 2018.
Circus Comes to Fresh Pond Road as Judge Visits a Bus Lane to Assess Legality
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As people gathered to protest government inaction on climate change on Friday, a Queens judge walked nine blocks to decide if the city can prioritize tens of thousands of transit riders over a few dozen car owners.
Queens Pedestrian Killed By Driver — Who is Uncharged
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A Queens senior citizen was killed by a driver as he walked — in a crosswalk — in a residential portion of Jamaica, police said on Friday.
Reporter’s Notebook: Mayor de Blasio’s Half-Hearted Vision Zero is a Blood-Soaked Joke
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We're not just a little behind Europe on livable streets and sustainable logistics — we're not even on the same planet.
UPDATE: Judge in Queens NIMBY Suit Declines to Demand City Halt Ridgewood Bus Lane
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Plaintiffs argue that businesses are suffering and side streets are choked with cars. But the city wants to speed buses to help tens of thousands of long-suffering riders.