Ugh, yes!! I'm from NYC and it is the topic du jour EVERYWHERE. I can't count the number of articles and emails that get forwarded to me on the topic, and it's always on the local news since there is always a new report (the Times Sq movie theater, the Victoria's Secret on Lexington Ave, the Brooklyn DA's office).

It's always top of mind in a paranoid way since I and many others are taking all the precautions we can. And my behavior is manifested in travel too. Now, I always, put my suitcase on the luggage rack in hotel rooms, and I always keep them zipped up.

That said, I've never seen them -- in NYC or anywhere else. But, it's more the knowledge that they COULD be out there!!