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
New E-Scooter Bills Seek to Stop NYPD Crackdown on E-Bikes
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Councilman Rafael Espinal is crafting legislation that, he says, will bring throttle-controlled bikes favored by delivery workers out of the shadows.
Five Takeaways from Andy Byford’s WNYC Interview
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New York City Transit President Andy Byford dropped by for a session with WNYC's Powerful Official Whisperer Brian Lehrer on Wednesday.
Yo, NYPD, You Call This a Bus Lane Enforcement Effort?
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A much-ballyhooed "clear bus lanes" enforcement crackdown by the NYPD wasn't much of a crackdown at all.
NYPD Not Doing Enough to Crack Down on Cabbies on their Phones
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Uber and Lyft basically require cabbies to be on their phones all day — so why isn't the NYPD battling this known safety scourge?
Ignore the NIMBYs and See Sunnyside’s Bike Lanes in Action
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One day after 150 pro-parking cranks rallied in Sunnyside to protest safer roadways in their neighborhood, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. posted a counterpoint: the city's Safer Skillman plan in action.
Paris Leads ‘Vision Zero’ New York With Car-Free City Center
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Yet another European city — this time, Paris — is showing us just how narrow Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero really is.
Hey, NYPD — Cyclists Need Protection, Not Intimidation
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A nasty tweet reads like a declaration of war by the Sixth Precinct against city cyclists. Our editor calls out West Village cops — and their commanding officer Robert O'Hare — for having zero vision instead of Vision Zero.
Sweet Deal for Amazon Includes ‘Infrastructure Fund’ for NYC
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Could an "infrastructure fund" help ease the burden of having 25,000 Amazonians move to Long Island City?
Wall Street Journal Scribe Joins Streetsblog in Calling for BQE Teardown
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It's time for a boulevard-style roadway, not a $4-billion highway repair.
NYC Councilman Has 27 Speeding Violations!
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He’s worse than you thought. The man who wants to be your next Public Advocate has been nabbed by school zone cameras 27 times — not 18 as the Daily News reported this week. In its story about Council Member Jumaane Williams’s driving record on Sunday, the tabloid used the lower figure because it only searched […]
It’s 27! Jumaane Williams’s Driving Record is Worse Than Reported
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The man who wants to be your public advocate has nine more speeding tickets than you originally knew about.
Vote Yes on NYC Ballot Proposal 3 to Save Democracy
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Let's make community boards better and more diverse.