NYC outraged at setting of GTA IV

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I think they rather enjoy seeing this game come out. Take these quotes --

Setting Grand Theft Auto in the safest big city in America would be like setting Halo in Disneyland -- City Councilman Peter Vallone, chairman of the Council's Public Safety Committee

He noted that auto thefts have dropped 58% since Bloomberg took office, and so far this year New York City's murder rate is down 28%. -- About Jason Post, a spokesman for Mayor Bloomberg

I think they're eating up the chance to mime exactly what most voters probably want to hear and to throw out some statistical kudos to their city, without actually doing anything about the game. (If they are, the article doesn't mention it.)