Fangoria's Chopping List has NEW YORK RIPPER as a BU re-release for April 29. I know that there is supposed to be some missing footage or out of place footage, but in general how is the disc (assuming its a port of the AB release)?

It was one of AB's first anamorphic transfers (it wasn't even announced as such on the packaging). It's been some time since I've seen it, but it's a pretty solid rendering, as I recall, of a clean but dreary-looking source. Most of that is down to the look of the film, though Michael Mackenzie over at 'Whiggles' prefers the brighter, more colorful Another World Entertainment PAL transfer, which I've not seen.