Eatin' Good in the Neighborhood

This keeps getting better and better. Since when is getting shot at an Applebee's that strange?

[Plaxico Burress] took the gun with him and spent roughly 90 (probably very painful, let's hope at least a little drunk) minutes calling hospitals to see where he could be treated discreetly, after which he went to New York–Cornell Hospital and checked in under a false name, even though hospital workers recognized him. Burress told administrators in the emergency room that his name was Harris Smith and that he was shot at Applebee's, which was apparently believable enough for them to decide not to report the gunshot wound as required by law.

And since when do the folks at Cornell not call the police on you? Where was this "let's just shrug it off and wink" attitude two years ago?