The five-finger discount is in retreat.
Shoplifting is down 13% in the Big Apple and across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul crowed Wednesday – taking yet another victory lap for her retail theft crackdown ahead of the holiday shopping season.
Hochul touted her administration’s efforts, including a $40 million statewide task force, in tackling the post-COVID-19 pandemic shoplifting surge that caused big box stores to start locking up goods.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/us-news/shoplifting-down-13-in-nyc-and-across-the-state-after-retail-theft-crackdown-hochul/
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