I wasn't aware of recent troubles in NYC but I should've known. Barbarians tend to react with violence.
Here's a short article, Ronnie. There's a photo of the poor guy who was murdered in the Village last month. What's shocking is that while anti-gay crimes are actually down 4% in the rest of the country, they're up 4% here. That's an almost ten percent swing. But Manhattan is ground zero for these causes, so I guess that's why it's also a lightning rod for the crazies.