Gov. Hochul vows crackdown on shoplifting scourge as NY businesses plead for help

NY Post ^ | 01/08/2024 | Carl Campanile

[ChicagoConservative27]

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.

Merchants are turning up the heat on Hochul and the Democratic-led state Legislature, calling for stiffer penalties against serial offenders wreaking havoc in their stores.

“We’re going to continue living this nightmare if legislators don’t fix this mess,” said Nelson Eusabio of the National Supermarket Association and part of the coalition Collective Action to Protect Our Stores (CAP).

Lawmakers representing 213 districts across the Empire State are up for re-election in the fall — and they must do something to help curb retail theft, Eusabio noted.

[1_Rain_Drop]

She’ll be no help.
She has just screwed property owners with her new rent guidance law. Imposed insane fines. She’ll probably make the property owners responsible for the store owner’s problems in their building.

[Jane Long]

Property owners ... or ... business owners.

Too bad, so sad....their loss, per her twisted thinking. 😡

[bgill]

Of course this has nothing to do with defunding the police and not letting them do their jobs. It also can’t have anything to do with parents letting the streets raise their kids.