21st CENTURY HEADLINES: Get Your Bicycle Blessed With Holy Water at Cathedral of St. John the Divine. “While bike lanes and infrastructure continue to increase, riding in New York City still comes with risk — and some cyclists look to the heavens for a little extra protection.”

Glad to know that while de Blasio seems hellbent on eliminating all of the reforms started by Rudy Giuliani that Michael Bloomberg maintained to keep New York safe, he’s continuing Mayor Mike’s fever dream to turn Manhattan into one giant bike lane. (Albeit one that’s now much more graffiti, crime, and homeless splattered than in the past.)