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’s ‘Parking Ticket Advocate’ is Helping Scofflaw Drivers Win Dismissals
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The year-old advocate's office has helped drivers dispute 381 parking summonses and won 321 dismissals, a reversal rate of more than 84 percent. That's almost double the 45 percent dismissal rate that drivers are currently enjoying.
Lest We Forget: The $2T Infrastructure Plan Will Likely Worsen Climate Change
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Without strong leadership, $2 trillion infrastructure bill could lock-in high, climate threatening transportation emissions.
NYPD Has Found Yet Another Way to Completely Screw Up the Brooklyn Bridge Footpath
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Now the NYPD is deploying police vehicles in an offset pattern that forces cyclists into the path of pedestrians and pedestrians into the path of cyclists. Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one? (NYPD declined to comment.)
Activists to DOT: ‘This Smashed Tomato Could Be My Head!’
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Activists around the country are laying red Solo cups along the edges of unprotected bike lanes, but here in New York, at least one is making his anger about dangerous streets far more graphic.
Safety First! De Blasio Overrules Manhattan Community Board For Amsterdam Ave. Fix
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A victory for street safety activists as the mayor moves against a board that has resisted improvements.
Latest Stats Show Blood Tide on City Streets is Not Receding
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The biggest conclusion? Car ownership — and bad driving — are killing us all.
Andy Byford Was A Hidden Hand in Mayor’s Winning 14th Street ‘Busway’ Plan
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The New York City Transit president was a driving force behind the plan — and, in fact, pioneered a successful version of it when he ran the transit system in Toronto.
BREAKING: City to Keep 14th Street ‘Busway’ Plan Despite No L-Train Shutdown
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Early reports that the de Blasio administration would move ahead with a bus-only plan for 14th Street have been confirmed.
Cops Who Confiscated Bikes Carried Out ‘Racist Policy’ — And Don’t Even Know the Law They Cited
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A second day of harsh criticism of NYPD harassment of cyclists that Mayor de Blasio claims he didn't know about.
BREAKING (Skin Only): Corey Johnson Injured in Scooter Mishap in Mexico
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Olé? No, oy vey! Johnson's vacation in Mexico City was rudely interrupted on Tuesday when he tumbled off a Lime scooter and cut himself up.
UPDATE: Cops Say They Have Arrested Driver Who Killed Anastasia Diaz on Staten Island
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Police say they have identified the car whose driver fled after running over and killing a Staten Island pedestrian — and are asking the public to help find the vehicle and its operator.
Parking Over Bus Lanes? In One Brooklyn District, Pols Bow to Drivers
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The race to succeed Jumaane Williams in the City Council features five candidates who support cars over buses.