Target announced it’s closing one of its big stores in Harlem because of theft and safety threats to employees and shoppers.
As state leaders plan their top priorities for the next session, they must make retail theft a key part of the agenda this time.In 2023 through the end of July, shoplifting arrests were up 19.9%, from 12,412 to 14,877.
This crisis has played out with stark footage showing so many stores being robbed, workers confronted and customers scared. Stores don’t want to do this — it’s inefficient and an eyesore. But they have to because otherwise products like these might not stay on the shelves. The coalition grew over time, and when we went to Albany we had dozens of shops meeting with state legislators telling them their stories. Create dedicated NYPD and district-attorney units for retail theft.
Launch and run a public-service-announcement campaign against shoplifting and hold every level of the criminal-justice system accountable for doing its part to tackle this issue.
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