AVP has learned of an incident involving a gay man in Hell’s Kitchen on August 14. 50-year-old Gregory Kanczes is reported to have been stabbed sixteen times by 25-year-od Geoffrey Tracy. According to reports, Tracy stabbed Kanczes after Kanczes made sexual advances on him. They were living together.
Tracy was arraigned August 15 on charges of attempted murder and assault. Kanczes is in the hospital in critical condition.
AVP has reached out to NYPD, partner organizations, and to the office of Speaker Corey Johnson.
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