Running a bodega in the Bronx isn't what it used to be. Store owners and shopkeepers say they witness shoplifting in their businesses every day. The constant theft is threatening their survival. Officials, business owners, and others are hoping to do something.
The Adams administration is looking to craft a strategic plan to combat retail theft across the five boroughs. Theft is up across the city. But in the Bronx, businesses and the local economy are being especially devastated by crime.The Adams administration is looking to craft a strategic plan to combat retail theft across the five boroughs. Theft is up across the city. But in theRunning a bodega in the Bronx isn't what it used to be.
Desire Soto of Joy's Grocery and Deli, a bodega at 1400 Grand Concourse, said she's scared. Theft is costing the bodega so much that she is worried she will be fired or the store will have to shut down. , who brought together stakeholders hoping to come up with a strategic plan to combat the crime, which he said is undermining the city's economy recovery. "Merchants are leaving the city, honestly," Nagi said.Theft is changing the way Nagi's members do businesses.
"You see corridor after corridor, street after street, block after block, where stores have now closed because they cannot withstand the amount of theft that's happening," said Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, who also attended the summit. You see corridor after corridor, street after street, block after block, where stores have now closed because they cannot withstand the amount of theft.This year alone, close to 61,000 calls to police reported theft at Bronx businesses, nearly triple what it was three years ago, according to the Bronx Chamber of Commerce. Attendees of the summit attribute the rise to the lack of legal consequences.
"One corridor alone, on 138 to be very specific, you had a young man, 17 years old, who is going into the stores, the same stores, almost on a daily basis and taking," Bronx Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Sorin said. "And his answer to some of these store owners who got used to seeing him was, 'There's really nothing you can do about it.' Right. Is he wrong? Probably not. He's young. Is he stealing large amounts? No.
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