Grimm called Mike Scotto this morning and apologized. They even arranged to go to dinner. Talk radio was full of the story today.
In all the discussion I learned it depends on how you say it that determines whether a threat is a criminal offense. If you say, for instance, "if you do that again I'll throw you off the balcony," that's conditional, and normally wouldn't land you in trouble. However, if you say, "I am going to throw you off the balcony," Scotto could've have had him arrested, if he so chose.
Lottie, I live in Staten Island, too. Staten Islander's are disgusting morons and would like to throw most of them off a balcony. How's that for a threat?