John Del Signore

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• Posted Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Not Happening, Despite Demand to Gothamist
  James Langergaard's ghost bike on Queens Boulevard, courtesy Ghost Bikes. The notoriously accident-prone Queens Boulevard boasts twelve lanes for motor vehicles at its widest points, but the DOT refuses to cede one of those lanes for...
• Posted Despite Gay Brothers, State Sen. Diaz Still Anti-Gay Marriage to Gothamist
  One of the staunchest opponents to same-sex marriage is a Bronx state senator with two gay brothers, a gay grandchild, and a gay chief counsel. Democrat Ruben Diaz, Sr., a Pentecostal minister, has been a die...
• Posted One Third of NYC Traffic Deaths are Pedestrians to Gothamist
  31% of total traffic deaths in the NYC metropolitan area are pedestrians, but funding for pedestrian and bike infrastructure lags far behind even the meager amount spent in other cities. The conclusion is found a new...
• Posted Fort Hood Shooter Had Tried to Contact al Qaeda to Gothamist
  Nidal Malik Hasan It was previously reported that the Army psychiatrist who went on a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood Thursday had been on the FBI's radar over some Internet postings about suicide bombers. Now...
• Posted Mohawk Reservation Drug Smuggling A Booming Business to Gothamist
  Much of the primo, hydroponically-grown herb you'll find in New York comes from Canada, where an untold quantity passes across the border at the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation, which stretches five miles along the banks of the...