Here's a news item that caught my eye; from the Daily News, Tuesday, August 19.
HARDHAT SHOT DEAD IN MIDTOWN
"A construction worker on his way to a job site was shot between the eyes on a crowded street in the Garment District yesterday morning, police said.
Vincent Gargiuolo, 34, was walking on W.30th St near Broadway shortly before 7 a.m. when he was hit with a single bullet fired just above the bridge of his nose, cops said. He had been on his way to a site where con Edison is building a substation opposed by the community."
"Organized-crime investigators were among the swarms of cops who descended on the W.30th St. construction site, along with police dogs"......The slaying looked like a professional hit, sources said. But it was unclear whether Gargiuolo had any organized crime links."