Posted on 02/15/2023 4:26:31 PM PST by Libloather
The Big Apple’s shoplifting epidemic is costing retail workers their jobs, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday - as he endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push to give judges slightly more discretion in setting bail for criminal defendants.
During testimony at an annual Albany budget hearing known as “Tin Cup Day,” when mayors make their pitches for resources in the state budget, Adams was asked by Assemblyman Mike Reilly (R-Staten Island) about solutions to the problems of “organized retail crime” and the justice system’s “revolving door.”
"So, what we can’t do is allow repeat offenders to make a mockery of our criminal justice system - and repeatedly!” he said.
"We’re losing chain stores that are closing down. People who are being employed in those stores are losing their jobs. They’re adding to our unemployment.”
Adams - whose appearance at the joint legislative public hearing was cut short by a surprise Senate vote that rejected Hochul’s choice of Justice Hector LaSalle to head the Court of Appeals - also pre-empted critics of his desire to crack down on unrepentant shoplifters.
"So, people who say that we’re criminalizing the poor - they’re wrong,” he said. “Poor and low-income New Yorkers are being unemployed because we’re losing those businesses in our city.”
Adams said there were three categories of shoplifters: those who are “part of an organized ring,” people with substance abuse problems, and “those who need basic services.”
Adams said that the first group should be dealt with by the criminal justice system. But others should be given deferred prosecutions and have their underlying issues addressed by social services providers.
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Being poor has nothing to do with thievery... Stupid liberals doing all they can to destroy civilization.
NY Post:
“Shoplifting has reportedly become a $94.5 Billion problem for US retailers.”
Thievery tends to be less prominent in societies that cut off hands and feet.
Like designer clothing, shoes, makeup and alcohol.
What a fraud.
Shoot a few thieves.
Souther California is having a problem with burglary tourists from Chile and Columbia. The fault isn’t in the thieves stars but in themselves.
Yes, shoplifting hurts all the honest people.
The employees. The business owners. The taxpayers. The insurance companies. and all the consumers.
That’s why it should be. . . PROSECUTED
“......They’re adding to our unemployment”
That can’t be! I’ve been told repeatedly that everyone is working and there is no unemployment at all!
End self checkout. Retailers brought this into themselves.
New York had the chance to change this by electing Lee Zeldin. They took a pass. Let the crime spree continue for another four years.
Yup. A few thousand rounds of ammunition pointed in the right direction at high speed would stop this crap in minutes. Lack of severe deterrence invites more bad behavior.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” —John Adams
When brainless New Yorkers invite wolves and savage barbarians into their city, they become tasty morsels.
The third world pigmy cannibals are now governing their city. Embrace the suck, sheep. You are about to be eaten.
It sure wasn’t very smart of the dumbass politicians to legalize shoplifting. It’s time to start piss-testing politicians. They all seem to be on drugs. ALL OF THEM.
That's some hard-hitting diction there, my friend!
How about, "are losing their livelihoods," instead?
Regards,
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” —John Adams
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Adams said there were three categories of shoplifters: those who are “part of an organized ring,” people with substance abuse problems, and “those who need basic services.”
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He forgot the group that are none of those things, they’re those who just feel entitled.
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