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
The End of ‘Criminal Mischief’? A Reflection on Three Months of Field Work
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For three months, our Streetsblog NYC editor has been exposing one of New York City's great scams: drivers (mostly cops) who deface their license plates to avoid speed-camera tickets. Well, it's time to hang up the paint pen and screwdriver.
VISION ZERO 2022: More Dead Kids, More Crashes in Known Danger Zones
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More children died in crashes last year than in another other year in the Vision Zero era and crashes remain concentrated in areas that are known to be treacherous, according to a new report that crunches the numbers on the bloody 12 months of 2022.
Man Loses Both Parents to Road Violence, 25 Years Apart
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First, Rachel Fruchter was killed by a reckless, uninsurable driver in Prospect Park in 1997. Then, Norman Fruchter was killed last month by a reckless uninsurable driver in Bay Ridge.
How to Cut Drunk Driving — Discourage the Drinking … Or the Driving?
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New York transportation officials are backing a bill that has been proposed more or less every year, yet never makes it out of committee. There has to be a better way.
A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims
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It's a different memorial to a different holocaust.
#StuckAtDOT: Why It Takes Years to Get a Speed Hump
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A Brooklyn City Council member has a simple question for the Department of Transportation: Why does it take years and years (and sometimes years and years and years) to put in a simple speed bump?
Fed Safety Administrator: Let’s Legalize the ‘Idaho Stop’
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One of the Biden Administration's top road safety officials has come out in favor of legalizing the so-called "Idaho stop," which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as mere stops signs.
3,000 out of 3,001 Americans Want to Decarbonize Transportation — But Will the GOP Do It?
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By a roughly 3,000-to-1 ratio during the public comment period, Americans support a key Biden administration climate initiative.
Drivers (Mostly Men) Rely Way Too Much on Those Automated Driving Systems, Study Says
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Toxic masculinity and automated driving systems seem to go hand in hand.
Streetsblog Board Member Lands Major Job with Biden White House
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Gabe Klein, a former Chicago and D.C. transportation agency leader — and a Streetsblog NYC and USA board member — has been chosen by “Electric” Joe Biden to head the administration’s Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, which was established by the bipartisan infrastructure bill and will hand out $7.5 billion in funding for the coming EV charging network.
Electric Cars Cause More Damage than Gas Cars, Says Big Insurance Co.
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"A look at the accident statistics shows that drivers of electric cars cause 50 percent more collisions with damage to their own vehicles than those of conventional combustion engines," the insurance giant AXA said.
Citi Bike Ridership Numbers Show Bike Share is Just as Hot as the Weather
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The weather in New York City wasn't the only thing that was smoking hot this week.