Ain’t Biden’s America swell!
Posted on 11/26/2023 3:55:33 PM PST by george76
Retailers across New York state say there’s no end in sight to the rising epidemic of organized shoplifting rings — and warn it could lead to more store closures, increased costs for consumers and threats of violence against store employees.
Store owners said they lost $4.4 billion last year as a result of retail theft — which they say adds to the urgency for Gov. Kathy Hochul to crack down.
However, Hochul vetoed a bipartisan bill last week — to the chagrin of store owners — that would have created a task force to combat organized theft.
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The Retail Council of New York State, the Albany-based lobbying group which represents retailers statewide, said it was “extremely disappointed” by Hochul’s veto.
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Law enforcement officials from New York City to Albany to Syracuse have reported increases in incidents of retail theft — blaming the spike on progressive prosecutors who encourages criminal behavior with lenient punishment for shoplifters.
Last month, the chief of police in Syracuse said that the city has seen a 55% spike in shoplifting since 2021 — and that’s a conservative estimate.
“That number is likely higher because businesses often don’t report it
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One local pharmacy chain in Syracuse alone suffered losses of more than $250,000 per year due to the epidemic of organized retail theft,
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The Big Apple saw a 64% increase in reported incidents of retail theft during the four-year period between mid-2019 and June of this year,
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one-third of all shoplifting arrests in the five boroughs last year involved just 327 people who were collectively arrested and re-arrested a total of more than 6,000 times, according to the NYPD.
These 327 alleged shoplifters targeted 18 department stores and seven chain pharmacy locations, which accounted for 20% of all complaints, the NYPD said.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Just CLOSE all the stores, who cares if they starve.
With a little effort from the Democratic State Deep State, they should be able to score 6.6 billion in losses next year.
Didn’t any of that help the poor?
Hochul is not on the good people’s side.
They should note that fact instead of continuing to be the drunken, doped up, brainwashed New York residents voting Dem again and again.
From usual sites:
New York State is a Democratic stronghold and is considered one of the “Big Three” Democratic strongholds alongside California and Illinois.
The New York Republican Party holds 20 out of the 63 seats in the New York State Senate and eleven of the state’s 26 U.S. House seats.
60.9% vote Dem as of 2023.
wisevoter.com
Time for New Yawk to defund and cutback on their police forces some more.
I know how to end it. lock the door and leave NY before you get the trump treatment. Because if NY can pull it off on Trump, you are next.
Those aren’t losses, they are Reparations.
and Christmas is coming up! Big time to rob the stores!
Just like in the pre-Tammany and Tammany Hall days, when the politicos shared the profits with hoods, and used their muscle to keep the regular populace in fear.
I’d bet my bottom dollar that money from these crime rings is making its way into the pockets of the elite, such as pay for play.
They voted for it, so they need to live with the consequences.
Yes.
Hoshell is a real bimbo sized douche. It’s not her money being stolen. Why don’t she put Georgie Porgie’s Letitia on it. Make her do her friggin’ job or fire her extra large butt. Every American politician needs to be fired and have their asses kicked. We’re paying the bastards to defend our borders. They aren’t doing it. Muslim Terrorists and Red Chinese soldiers are walking right in. Retailers are paying the scumbums to help them secure their businesses. It’s not happening. Make the bass turds do their jobs or throw them out!
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Ain’t Biden’s America swell!
Not nearly enough. NYC needs suffer. Theo liberals who
Live there need to suffer.
Stores close/employees laid off/delivery services overwhelmed and robbed/no tax revenue from labor or even property as it sits empty/no sales tax.....so explain to me WHY these thieves are not dealt with harshly? If you overlook the little crimes you end up with chaos.
A "spike" means going up and then going down. This not a "spike" because it is not going down with Hochul in office or any Democrat that follows her. They don't want to stop the reparations payments.
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