Posted on 08/22/2020 8:58:20 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
An uptick in shoplifting and other violations during the coronavirus lockdown has hundreds of independent supermarket owners around the city complaining the NYPD hasnt been responsive enough when they call.
Were pretty much on our own, said Pedro Goico, who owns six grocery stores in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Right now, its very tough to be in the grocery store business. Were getting no help from the city.
Goico said his stores have been plagued with shoplifters and estimates that 6% to 7% of his bottom line has disappeared because of it since March. Before COVID-19, he said hed typically lose about 1% to shoplifters.
We dont call the cops anymore. It doesnt make sense. They dont come, Goico said.
And shoplifters seem to be catching on.
They know the police will not come, he said. If they do come, theyre just going to get a ticket.
Another grocer, who asked that his name be withheld for fear of being targeted by criminals, blames a combination of factors for crime he sees inside and outside his stores COVID-19, unemployment, anti-police brutality protests and bail reform.
This issue has zero connection to bail reform, and claims that bail reform has led to an increase in crime have already been debunked, said Marie Ndiaye, supervising attorney with Legal Aids decarceration unit.
The National Supermarket Association requested a meeting with the NYPD in May. It still has not received a response.
Several months later these issues have gotten significantly worse and our owners have reached their breaking points, NSA President William Rodriguez said. We are requesting a meeting with NYPD senior leadership to sit down and focus our energies on a plan that will combat the violence and shift the responsibility of law enforcement away from hardworking store owners.
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People are filling their back packs with merchandise with no fear the law will catch up with them.....they actually tell the store owners the law, that they’re not gonna get locked up......and of course broadcasting no arrests for retail theft was the biggest mistake the city ever made.
what is a quality of life crime?
https://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/12-1-quality-of-life-crimes/
didn’t know it either.
“broadcasting no arrests for retail theft was the biggest mistake the city ever made.”
I don’t believe it was a mistake.
-——Its reparations, doncha know.-——
Actually it’s New York. The message is that if you are in New York it is foolish to be in the Grocery Business.
New York is for African Criminals, not Americans
Let those suffering LEARN..."You Reap What You Sow"
A favorite shibboleth of the Left when a strong argument is put forth is to say that “that argument has been debunked.”
I’ve never seen a case where any conservative argument has been debunked.
Of course, they don’t even explain how it was debunked because they can’t.
It’s just a statement they use to change the subject.
Conservatives should respond by challenging it.
“That tired old claim doesn’t hold water,” would be my response.
“Ive never seen a case where any conservative argument has been debunked.”
The notion that no conservative argument has ever truly been debunked is itself a conspiracy theory which has already been debunked.
So there.
Your response no doubt was meant as sarcasm (I hope) and as such an example, it is a typical leftist response of deflection and misstating the conservative’s argument.
I never said there has never been a case where any conservative argument has been debunked.
Instead, I said, “I’ve never seen a case where any conservative argument has been debunked.”
Secondly, you go beyond the misstatement of what I said to add a second line of attack and mischaracterize my original statement as a conspiracy theory.
I am the only person who can attest to what I have seen or not seen. There is no conspiracy.
It's super expensive though, compared to what you find in the suburbs. The Kerrygold cheese is $7 compared to $2.50 at the Big Y in Danbury, CT. But people who live there generally don't even look at the price.
There are hardware stores in the city that are also amazing. They have these tiny little stores that have pretty much anything you could find in a Home Deport or Lowe's.
I was of course being sarcastic, but as you point out this demonstrates the futility of arguing with a Leftist.
They’ll deflect, mischaracterize your statements, put words in your mouth and if none of that works they’ll see if they can get you banned or arrested for your beliefs (which have already been debunked anyway.)
Shopped at Zabars and Fairway and other small places you mentioned when I lived in NYC. Not a lot of big grocery stores as in the suburbs. No car to transport groceries. Young singles don’t cook.
Thanks. My ‘definition’ makes more sense than the SJW law school definition though.
From 1% to 7% is an “uptick”?
hundreds of independent supermarket owners around the city complaining the NYPD hasnt been responsive enough when they call.
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Wonder who the grocers have been voting for?
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