Growing Body Of Evdience Supports Positive Benefits Of Broken-Windows Drinking

A growing mountain of evidence supports the Broken-Windows Theory of Drinking — the latest piece comes after the owner of Scores (allegedly!) stabs one of his ex-employees:

The owner of the Scores strip-club empire traded boobs for a blade early yesterday — repeatedly slashing a former employee as a brawny accomplice held down the victim, police sources said.

Jiggle-joint poohbah Elliott Osher, 45, was charged with first-degree assault in the bloody knife attack, which took place down the street from a branch of the mammary mecca.

Sources said victim Bakir Balaban, who used to work at Scores, was standing outside the Home nightclub, on West 27th Street near 10th Avenue.

At about 12:30 a.m., he and several Scores employees, who were across the street at the back entrance of Scores Westside, began a loud back-and-forth shouting match.

Osher and two other men allegedly crossed the street and headed for Balaban.

“Osher and two others chased him down the street and he ran up to a yellow cab,” a police source said. A man who was with Osher grabbed the victim’s leg, holding him down as the strip-club bigshot slashed him, the source said.

Cops said Balaban, 39, suffered a stab wound to the back that punctured his lung, and slashes to the shoulder and left forearm.

There are many reputable strip clubs where its owners or management are not accused of such behavior — perhaps it’s time to change one’s allegiances. I’m kidding, Mom, just kidding . . .