NYC got the city they voted for

Those 41 people arrested will be released to continue their crimes.

This is hurting the community as a whole. These people should be charged with organized crime.

As they say: "As far as government is concerned, nothing happens by accident" ...

Tolerating shoplifting below $1000 is ABSURD. That will DESTROY businesses.

The fact that NYC is now blaming Ebay for their retail theft rings just proves that the people running that city take zero accountability for their policies.

It's SCARY to imagine an Active Shooter coming in. It's bad enough when an INACTIVE shooter comes in to the store.

or maybe add + $1000 to the price of all goods and at the checkout say something like: you won a discount - $1000 to the price

My question is WHY are law abiding citizens in NY voting for the ppl who allow this?

Not even some 3rd world countries have this level of theft with little to no punishment 😂

Amazon and Walmart love this, they want a online shopping monopoly

Listening to his speedy voice, I already feel the frustration and urgency.

I love how they call looters "shoplifters" like they are a 12 year old stealing a Candy bar.

Can't lock up criminals but can track ice cream. Only in New York, man.

There are people in my area running stores out of their sheds filled with household goods for cheap prices, and police have zero interest in investigating.

Not punishing criminals is like protecting and encouraging criminals.......... This can't run in long run

And those state lawmakers that refuse to increase penalties will literally get voted to stay in office.That's how stupid people are.

Shoplifting is meant to be sneaky. This is straight up robbery with intimidation using a mob of people

Hey, let’s make gun laws more strict in NY too…this would lower shoplifting and violence.

Love it. keep up the good work.

All these corporations spent millions on security, and millions donating to politicians who made their security completely irrelevant.

Imagine buying stolen goods on Amazon, and then your package gets stolen to get relisted. Only in America.

Real life Gotham City. Just waiting for Batman to show up.

Another hit is me a reseller on Amazon I can’t buy at wholesale and sell. Because they sell cheaper then I can buy even in pallet sized orders

Did you see Mayor Adams blaming the Texas Governor for NYC problems? He said it with a know-it-all smirk on his face. Unbelievable!

41 people arrested. EVERYONE OF EM were released in time for dinner.

Great report thanks

Thank you for showing me how ALDI gets their food.

your home becomes a jail for fear of going out or going to work, out to eat, leaving your car parked. enjoyment becomes anxiety......that's not good for society.

When you put the devil in charge, don't be shocked when he turns the world into hell.

In China, shop owners can use violence to defend themselves against shoplifters. But, given there are so many street cameras in Chinese cities, thieves are usually caught within hours. Currently, in China shop lifting is pretty much nonexistent, because 1: shop owners can defend themselves and 2: the police will catch you and will persecute you if you get caught. Catch and release is not a thing in China. I think shop lifting in the US is running out of control is because the government is giving criminals too many rights. At this point, it almost feel like criminals have more rights than law abiding citizens. However, every time when the government tries to protect the rights of a criminal, the government is doing a dis-service to anyone who obeys the law. To punish a criminal harshly, is the greatest respect to any law abiding citizens. It is sad to see what the US is becoming.

These politicians are doing exactly what their controllers pay them to do, cause Chaos.

Police in UK managed to solve 0% of car crime last year 😂😂 the world has gone nuts

What I find funny is that companies will spend an absurd amount of money on these gimmicks to prevent shoplifting and lobbying for societal change... But, they won't hire a few security guards to keep an eye on things and be like "Hey, buddy, you gotta pay for that or we'll file a police report with what you stole, the serial numbers of what you stole (so you can't sell it online, at least not through a reputable place), and my description of you." In general I think that's a problem across most customer-facing industries. They'll hire fewer workers, try to replace them with expensive tech, then when it backfires they'll get rid of the tech but still try to hire as few workers as possible. It's how you get situations where Burger King might only have a single miserable dude working in the kitchen and an overworked cashier up front, then they wonder why people don't want to eat there anymore, or why they're an easy target for theft.

1. The nyc mayor should be fired 2. Amazon cannot track these stolen goods because it will be too hard to be tracked

Shoplifting less than 1000 is not a crime? That means free food and supplies forever. WOW! Thank you Mr. Mayor. You got my vote.

The politicians refuse to do anything that would harm their precious criminals

Good video just... is it really that hard to cut in the videos or news stories without shoving a phone into the camera?

I know people from NYC love their home. I’m so sorry, this has got to be heartbreaking.

Part of reason why cities like Tokyo are so incredibly safe is because their laws against small crimes are harsh af.

I live in a 3rd world country with malls everywhere, but never have we have news about theft as blatant as this. A shoplift here and there may happen yes, but walking to a store and raiding it? No. This is so out of whack for a 1st world country

Not discussed: Shoplifting threatens *profit*, and companies raise prices to protect their bottom line. Perhaps megacorps like Amazon should pay income taxes. That would help the poor, too.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. 98% of the problems America is facing could be stopped immediately. It's all by design.

A congressman in San Francisco is trying to pass a law against stores. The grocery stores have to give 6 months' notice and have another grocery store to take their place. It's amazing that they don't address the problem of shoplifters but blame a store for leaving.

Some Portland locations are putting up a fence 8 ft from the front door. Sure your welcome to come in and talk to the guard, but if you intend to harm or steal then your not getting through the fence

Y'all know what the real problem is? The education system. We can't except people to vote for the correct things if they don't understand how the world actually works. Kids should be taking economics classes and classes about policy, law, history, and science. The majority of voters were raised on an extremely faulty education system that doesn't touch on these very important topics and focus on other things that are less significant for us in the long run. We need to put more money into the educational system, and we will see changes EVERYWHERE.

It's almost like the criminals are in charge.

And the city leaders think suing the stores and forcing them to stay makes more sense then just being hard on crime.

An extraordinary manifesting consequence of the digitised world we live in. The balance of what is RIGHT and WRONG is now an algorithm... Law makers are confused on how to handle it... Who on earth would bother to run a retail shop with all the hassle of this madness... Anyway best of luck everyone, I hope it resolves oneday🤞

Walmart Has cops at the entrance of their doors and a worker at the door checks everyone's receipts.

Who would have thought that decriminalizing crime creates more crime. Genius.

"It's only going to get worse" Seems to be New York's state motto.

With shut stores the city will become deserted, i haven’t been to ny for years but I certainly wouldn’t now, thanks for the heads up

It's not just the fact they wont punish criminals, its the fact that they WILL punish those they try to stop criminals

My cousin is a States Attorney for NY. He said the work he does is so frustrating! The criminals will be booked, released & then 90% off them don't show up for court.

The only reason the government of NYC would NOT approve harsh laws to deter shoplifting, is because these officials are getting paid to allow the crimes.

The major shoplifters are the worker, they are very organized.

When I used to work in Deli there was a guy that was called Amazon you would tell him what you want it would take him minutes to bring it for you.

I would never go to NY. Not for ANYTHING.

Watching society fall apart is a sad way to spend my golden years

Im from England and coming to NYC in November for my autistic son (20) to meet his long time online friends but watching your videos terrifies me

Good reporting

CEO's of the major Dept store chains admitted they are downsizing stores because 68% of sales are ONLINE and RENTs are way too high. Those companies screwed up by not purchasing property from cities at half price 25 years ago. 1 - NOW retail rents are an average of $75,000+ a month 2 - Internet sales are outpacing in store sales by 65%+ at ALL of their retail locations. 3 - Shoplifting via PUBLIC accounts for .05% to .23% of National Losses 4 - Shoplifting via EMPLOYEE THEFT accounts for 15% of National Losses Employees steal more than Shoplifters

On the good side, I was at our local gas station yesterday. The single employee had to use the bathroom, leaving the store wide open. People waited - impatiently - at the counter. No one stole anything! But, I'm about 350 mile from NYC, so...

Thank you for reporting the real news, unlike the mainstream media.

No Batman or The Punisher to deal with these people.

I am a retail manager in Toronto, sadly we have the same stupid policy which encourage thieves.

One store in NYC has eliminated shoplifting. B&H photo. You cannot carry any bags in at all, no hoodies, no oversized jackets. And, to get out, you have to be buzzed out of the store. If you buy something you have a pickup area to claim your purchase. Then you can claim anything you carried or wore into the store. That is going to be the future of retail, where nothing is on a shelf at all.

Crooks from the bottom, crooks from the top, same fight….crushing the middle class and the working class.

My son’s company just approved unlimited vacations for their employees, no joke! This world has gone completely nuts!!!

I am a homeless resident of Portland, OR and bad, ineffective policies arent limited to NYC, unfortunately. While I agree that some former laws were a bit draconian and lead to unfair targeting of the poor and minorities, going the opposite direction and coddling unrepentant, repeat offenders only exacerbates the problem. There is NOTHING wrong with enacting stiffer penalties for thieves, especially those with multiple violations in a short period of time and those who attack employees. I do believe that 1st time offenders, those whose crimes are clearly linked to addiction, and thieves who steal less than $200 should receive priority for Detox/ Rehab, Outpatient counseling and treatment, and supervised probation for at least a year. The monetary amount for felony thefts should be reduced to $200 and with every repeat offense, that amount should be halved and the sentence should be doubled. When a person faces years in prison for stealing a pair of shoes, there will always be detractors..but I wonder how they will defend it when it turns out this is their 4th or 5th charge in under 2 years. This has got to be stopped before going to the grocery store requires more security checks than the airport. Portland recently lost all of its Walmart locations and the downtown Target flagship store also closed- within a year of buying the whole building and sinking over a million dollars into renovations. There's just no excuse for it. I've been homeless for 7 years now and I deal with a 24-year long opiate addiction- and I have ZERO need to steal. Oregon has a .10 deposit on recyclable bottles and cans and anyone with a shred of work ethic and integrity can easily earn enough to meet the most basic needs. Portland offers multiple venues for low-barrier drug treatment, and any addict who wishes to get clean or get on suboxone can do so in 1 or 2 days- free. Stealing is only "necessary" for those who are lazy or morally bankrupt

I used to go to NYC 4-5 times a year. It's been almost a decade since I've returned. I no longer want any part of that dump. And the loss really bothers me.

Escape from New York isn't an 80's dystopian drama movie. It's a reality show.

Thank you

So make a store plant GPS trackers in product play the war shopping games also just put GPS on anything in the store make it visible so you can watch if it makes it to the retailer then you start running out the door if anyone steals

"let's blame the corporations for closing stores!!" 😡😡 how dare they not allow losses from shoplifting and danger to staff & law abiding shoppers

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them." Someone

Closing down stores is creating a shortage of goods available for sale. And laying people off creates unemployment. Letting 10 million people into the Country keeps wages down. The interest payment on our debt this year. You are going to see a big change happen this year.

It's all by design. This stuff isn't happening for no reason.

What makes me so angry is NYC politicians telling us crime is down and not to believe what we are seeing with our own eyes. I live in NYC, you can see this happening in real time. They called in the national guard in an attempt to maintain order. Do something, enforce laws, it's your job.

This situation is quite insane holy.

The judges won't impose prison sentences, they feel sorry for criminals.

First they said Gotham was inspired by Chicago and New York and now the only thing absurd here is that Batman doesn't exist in the real world.

I was in a Mexican resort town 30 years ago. One thing I noticed on high end little shops, was the Security: You came up to the front door and there was a no-nonsense Guard standing by the door with a full Auto Riot ShotGun on his shoulder. He was very nice but the look he gave was , enjoy your shopping, but if YOU STEAL, it will be your last theft. Works for Mexico, why not here.???

It's Los Angeles, not NYC, that's had the highest rate of retail theft since 2018. After that, the list goes: San Fran, Houston, NYC, Seattle, Atlanta, Sacramento, Denver. Approx. 22 states have a petty theft amount of $1,000, like NY. Others are a little higher/lower. The crime of Petty Larceny in NY has a sentence that could include probation, fines, or jail time. In May 2023, NY mayor Eric Adams announced a more comprehensive plan to combat retail theft. Ten days ago, on April 18th, NY Governor Kathy Hochul announced new initiatives to crack down on organized theft rings, protect frontline workers, and give new felony penalties.

nice vid, but we don't have UBI or a good safety net in the US at the moment

Why spend money on cops , jails, judges or the whole Judicial System if they are going to just let criminals go?

I’m head of security at a large hotel . I have also worked undercover loss prevention and I can tell you that stopping theft while it’s happening works . Thieves don’t want drama so when you cause them drama they go somewhere else . That’s a fact .

Glad to hear it! Couldnt happen to a better place 😂😂😂

A paradigm shift in how retail sales are done would fix the store theft. Probably crime would just move to some other soft target, but what ever. If existing stores built a lobby in the front of the store for people to browse on tablets, select , and have the store collect things handed over through bullet proof means. Or switch to delivery only.

Our daughter who works at Safeway says they have an under age GANG that targets her store EVERY NIGHT! Her Supervisor was ATTACKED and ran off the road AFTER work. Safeway and her Union say "too bad, WE are NOT going to PAY for your car damage!!!

As a police officer for over 30 years in New York State I can tell you you have to end bail reform. Go back to the way it used to be where you committed a crime and actually went to jail now everything's a big joke New York City is doomed.

Things are the way they are because someone wants it that way, the question is whom and to what ends?

How do I un install Amazon from my phone?

Why should the corporations be penalized, when the DAs and judges just let the criminals out of jail???

The problem isn't the gangs, it's the judges who release them.

This sounds like something you hear in Gotham. Being real here, i really feel sorry for New Yorkers. Wishing y'all the best and hope yall fix this issue

how can you tell though if your shopping online which are the stolen items

I was a manager at an auto parts store when 2 gang members targeted us. i tried to block the door and ask for the stuff back but they just assaulted me. I tried to fight back. Thats when the one guy went for his gun. I had to fight for my life unfortunately the robber died in the process, now im facing a murder charge 41 years. These guys were high on fentanyl and had just been let out of jail a few days before, for multiple other felony aggravated robberies and fleeing from police. Why didnt the law protect us?

Meanwhile police are busy collecting civil law suits like Mario collecting coins.