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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul declares war against shoplifters in 2024 State of the State address: ‘The chaos must stop!’ Gov. Hochul vows crackdown on shoplifting scourge as NY businesses plead for help
January 9, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul declared war against shoplifting on Tuesday, saying retail thievery in New York has spiraled out of control — with many products in stores under lock and key. Hochul unveiled a multi-pronged plan to tackle the shoplifting scourge, including boosting penalties for offenders who assault retail workers. “I say, ‘No More!’ The chaos must stop!,” she said during her 2024 State of the State address delivered in Albany.
State of the State: Hochul focuses on retail theft, mental health, housing in annual address
January 9th, 2024
After successfully making changes to the state’s 2019 bail reforms over the past two legislative sessions, Hochul detailed a public safety agenda for this year that instead focuses on combating headline-grabbing issues like retail theft and the proliferation of unlicensed cannabis sales.
Gov. Hochul vows crackdown on shoplifting scourge as NY businesses plead for help
January 7, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul will pledge to crack down on retail theft as part of her 2024 policy agenda, The Post has learned — as fed-up New York business owners continue to plead for help with the shoplifting scourge.
Hero retail store workers beg for better laws as NYC’s deadly crime wave rages
May 15, 2023
While it may be easy to write this off as an isolated incident, the truth is crimes in and around stores have been getting worse. For these reasons, we need Albany to act on legislation that will protect retail workers, improve safety and show consumers we take these issues seriously.
We must protect New York’s essential retail workers from rising violent crime
March 2, 2023
Time and again, retail workers have been attacked, and stores have been violently robbed. That’s why it’s time to change our laws to protect these workers and the customers they serve. New York’s independent supermarkets, bodegas and mom-and-pop retail shops are the backbones of our communities.
Opinion: Albany must step up for essential retail workers
June 7, 2023
A package of bills designed to protect and empower employees at stores throughout our community should pass before the end of this legislative session.
Coalition of Store Owners Urge Action Against Shoplifting
January 31, 2023
Mayor Eric Adams last week during his State of the City address vowed to protect New York’s small business owners from shoplifting — as retail theft rates remain high across the five boroughs.
Collective Action to Protect Our Stores: District Attorneys Bragg & McMahon
January 28, 2023
A retail and grocery store owners’ group demands that New York City’s five district attorneys create new units within their offices to specifically focus on shoplifting — and according to a spokesman for the group, two DAs have agreed to hear them out.
Los Propietarios de Negocios de la Ciudad de Nueva York Piden una Acción Contra los Ladrones
January 28, 2023
Dueños de supermercados crean estrategia para combatir el robo a sus comercios en Nueva York. Ante la ola de inseguridad que tiene afectados a los supermercados en la ciudad de Nueva York, los dueños y empleados de estos comercios decidieron unirse para enfrentar y desarmar a los delincuentes y así evitar los robos, pues luego de ser capturados quedan libres y reinciden.
Grocers’ Simple Fix for Serial Shoplifters — Will Lawmakers Listen?
January 8, 2023
New York City’s grocers, large and small, have a simple ask of the state Legislature: Fix the law that gives carte blanche to serial shoplifters.
Lawmakers Express Outrage Over NYC’s Revolving Door Shoplift Crisis That’s Killing Local Businesses
January 9, 2023
Lawmakers expressed outrage Monday over the shoplifting crisis that’s killing local businesses — including by calling for the return of 1990s-style law enforcement in the wake of complaints from nearly 4,000 grocers.
NYC Grocers Demand Clampdown on Shoplifters as Violent Heists Escalate
January 8, 2023
Thousands of independent grocers across New York City are forming a fast-growing political coalition to demand that elected officials and law enforcement clamp down on shoplifters, claiming that increasingly brazen and violent heists have created a crisis…
NYC Grocery Stores Consider Locking Up Food Theft Workers Traumatized
January 8, 2023
With grand larcenies up 80%, grocery store owners have banded together to form the Collective Action to Protect our Stores in an attempt to fight back against thieves and government inaction.
NYC Grocery Stores Ask for Help to Stop Shoplifting
January 8, 2023
The law and order situation in New York City has deteriorated, and many small businesses have suffered from crime. Thousands of supermarket and grocery store owners in New York City have recently formed an alliance and will write to the governor and mayor, expressing that blatant crimes have become a crisis and requiring law enforcement agencies to crack down on shoplifting.
NYC Stores Beg for Help Against Serial Shoplifters
January 10, 2023
Bodega and grocery store owners in New York City are demanding more help to combat brazen shoplifting that is endangering their survival.
NYC Grocery Coalition Seeks Action on Retail Theft
January 8, 2023
A new coalition of grocery store operators based in New York City is asking state and city leaders to crack down on shoplifting.
NYC Grocers Band Together to Demand Help as Violent Shoplifting Increases
January 8, 2023
New York City grocers are fed up with assaults on their livelihood and are demanding action from elected officials and law enforcement. As reported by the NY Post, some four thousand independent grocers across NYC are banding together to form a coalition to demand consequences for shoplifting.
Retailers planning even more much-hated product lock-ups, including putting food behind glass
January 8, 2023
The National Supermarket Association's Nelson Eusebio told Fox 5 that New York City shoppers are soon "not going to be able to smell the food, read the ingredients, look at a recipe." He added that stores would go ahead and lock up food "if we don't do something now" about rising theft at larger grocery store chains and drug stores.