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A few more details on the early Sunday morning stabbing outside Chelsea nightclub Promenade, located on West 28th between 7th and 8th Avenues. The Daily News says that a patron who "objected to leaving at closing time...pulled a knife and began slashing." Four employees were stabbed and Abdul Taylor was arrested for attempted murder, assault, criminal mischief and criminal possession of a weapon. One neighbor told the News, "There is always noise on this street. We've had [problems] in this club before." WCBS 2 spoke to another resident, who was also frustrated, "There's always something going on, always a problem, always police coming by, being called," but the club's patrons say the club prevent such incidents, "They search you strictly. Guys get it worse than the females."

Another weekend, another violent incident at a nightclub. Earlier this morning, four people were stabbed at Chelsea nightclub Promenade, on West 28th between 7th and 8th Avenues. The AP reports, "Police say four men were stabbed during a dispute that broke out at about 4:30 Sunday morning," and WABC 7 has a few more details: "Two patrons and four of the club's workers got into some sort of scuffle as the patrons exited the club...A fight broke out, and police say one patron stabbed four of the workers." The victims are in stable conditions while two suspects were arrested. Charges are pending.

This morning, two men were shot in Manhattan's Flatiron district, around East 21st Street and Broadway. WABC 7 says the incident happened outside a nightclub. Both victims, who had "non-life threatening injuries" were taken to Bellevue Hospital. Nightclub violence has come under the microscope yet again, with the Brooklyn woman last seen at Marquee (not to mention Plaxico Burress shooting himself), and yesterday the Post reported that the NYPD "eliminated specialized units focused on nightclubs, graffiti and other quality-of-life issues at some precincts, shifting those officers to regular patrols." The Manhattan units "were mostly spared" while units in the outer boroughs were "shuffled" (or cut).