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.
Recent Posts
Brooklyn Precinct, Where Drag-Racing Cop Worked, Has Many Reckless Drivers Like Him
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Police Officer Garman Chen, who died in a fiery crash after apparently drag racing on the FDR Drive, is certainly not the only cop at the 76th Precinct with a documented record of reckless driving.
NYPD Ignored Warnings About Reckless Cops
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Neither took action against reckless cops that might have saved the life of Officer Garman Chen, a speed demon with a long list of moving violations.
Staten Island Gets A New Bike Share System: Beryl
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The city has squeezed Lime and booted Jump out of Staten Island, choosing an entirely new — and foreign — company to provide dockless bikes across the entire borough. The DOT just revealed it had inked a deal with Beryl, a United Kingdom-based company best known for its funky green bike lights that showed up […]
Cops Hunting the Hit-and-Run Toyota Sienna that Slammed into Cyclist
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The driver caused a horrific trail of carnage that, nonetheless, the NYPD deemed not severe enough to warrant a full crash investigation.
Tributes Pour in for Matt Travis — Pro Wrestler Who Became 28th Cyclist Killed this Year
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But you didn't need to know Matt Travis to feel that another hole had been ripped into the fabric of New York.
City Officials to Feds: Don’t Mandate Helmets!
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NACTO, a group of city transportation officials from all over America, urged the National Transportation Safety Board to pull back from its recommendation earlier this week that all states require adults to wear helmets.
Hey, Chief Chan, Here’s a Cop Who Drives Like a Sociopath!
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Two weeks after a top commander in the NYPD testified that he addresses placard abuse by officers around department facilities, a bike lane in Downtown Brooklyn remains filled with illegally parked officers' private cars — including one that has 28 moving violation tickets.
Cyclist Faces Year in Jail for Fatally Striking Pedestrian
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It's a type of punishment that seems to fits the allegations, but one far more severe than drivers typically face for the same crime.
Mayor Backs NTSB Helmet Recommendation
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For the second time in as many months, Mayor de Blasio has willfully ignored facts to align himself with an anti-biking policy that would dramatically reduce cycling.
SURPRISE! Federal Panel Seeks Mandatory Helmet Laws
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A federal safety board issued a surprise recommendation for mandatory bike helmet laws in all 50 states — unanimously approving a last-minute resolution that had not been recommended by the board's own staff.
Jessica Ramos’s Bill for More Food Vendors Just Split the #BikeNYC World
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The state senator's proposal would remove caps on the number of legal vendors who could operate — but she claims it would not lead to overwhelmed sidewalks.
EXCLUSIVE: DOT Will Track Road Carnage Caused by SUVs
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"By the end of this year, we will be able to provide by year the comparative numbers of fatal collisions where SUVs were involved," the agency said in a statement.