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
FOR PEDS’ SAKE: City Must Take Over Sidewalk and Curb Clearance, Pols Say
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A growing chorus of local electeds is demanding that rules be changed to require the city, presumably the Department of Sanitation, to remove snow from sidewalks and pedestrian curb zones, a responsibility that now belongs to property owners.
UPDATE: Pedestrian Killed by Driver on Busy Brooklyn Street — And Driver is Charged
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A Brooklyn woman was struck and killed by a driver early Tuesday morning in a crash at an intersection where snow had still not been properly cleared. (Update: the driver was charged.)
So Which New York City Bridges are Going to Collapse?
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We spent a little time with the state's annual report on bridge conditions and discovered that New York City has more than 100 spans that are rated "poor."
New Push for Albany to Do Something About Deadly Streets
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Albany pols must do all the stuff they failed to do last year by not sending any bills from the so-called Crash Victim Rights and Safety Act to then-Gov. Cuomo's desk for signing.
Sanitation Driver Hits and Kills Moped Rider at Dangerous Brooklyn Intersection
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A Sanitation truck driver struck and killed a man on a motorized scooter or moped on Tuesday night in an industrial part of Brooklyn after making an apparently dangerous, though legal, turn.
NUMBER CRUNCH: Inside the Deadliest Year in Vision Zero History
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It was worse than you thought.
Pedestrian Gravely Wounded by Driver on Still-Dangerous McGuinness Boulevard
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A senior citizen was struck and seriously injured on Monday night on deadly McGuinness Boulevard, a roadway that the outgoing de Blasio administration vowed to redesign for safety, but didn't begin before its clock ran out.
Cyclist Badly Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver along Notorious Windsor Terrace Strip
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A delivery cyclist was struck and gravely injured by the hit-and-run driver of an SUV early on Friday morning at a dangerous intersection in Windsor Terrace, police said.
Mayor Adams’s ‘Turbo-Charged’ Vision Zero Includes a Back Door to Massive NYPD Crackdown on Cyclists
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A new enforcement effort raised eyebrows among some activists, forcing DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez into a defensive position.
Wait, What? Does Mayor Adams Really Think Our Transit System is the Best in the World?
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An otherwise unrelated press conference veers into shaky territory for the new mayor.
Ydanis Rodriguez Meets the Press: What a Nice Guy (Who Didn’t Say Much)
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The rebel is now the Man. Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez met the press for the first time since taking the helm of the $1.3-billion agency on Tuesday — and the new boss found himself on shaky ground, fielding questions from the city’s vaunted press corps that would have been red meat back in […]
Streetsblog Gets Action: That Derelict Car in Harlem Has Finally Been Removed
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Going ... going ... gone.