NYT on the string of false arrests of gay men in NYC sex shops which prompted protests outside the mayor’s house over the weekend: “Some of the arrests have been used by the city as evidence in ‘nuisance abatement’ lawsuits, a tactic used for many years to try to shut down businesses where unlawful behavior is taking place. The chief police spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said that the police were not singling out gay men but merely responding to complaints about illegal activities.”