Note how this leading enemy propaganda outlet conflates the lefty thugs with New York itself: "NEW YORK ready to unleash fury on Republicans." This assumes that the opposition is general among New Yorkers, that "Republicans" and "New York" are exclusive categories, and that there is a warrant for some kind of rage; all in one compact sentence.
This is a bit crude for American audiences but it is dead on for Guardian's Euro-bourgeois readership. Nobody has ever accused the evil denizens of Al Guardian of shortcomings in rhetorical technique.
MadIvan- You don't buy this rag do you??