With rampant shoplifting, progressives are killing stores where people need them most
NY Post
Every New Yorker knows the pleasure of shopping for luxury items such as socks, toothpaste, or an energy drink, only to find these once-easily accessed goods now locked up behind plexiglass.
“Convenience” stores are anything but convenient when you have to ask the shop’s sole clerk to leave the cash register to unshackle the string cheese.
Rampant shoplifting has now led global shopping-mall giant Westfield to break its lease on its Fulton Center location in lower Manhattan.
The MTA, which owns the site, has filed suit to prevent Westfield from ducking out.
The underground mall/subway station was opened to great fanfare less than a decade ago, with then-gov Andrew Cuomo fulsomely promising it would “spur a resurgence” in the area. He was half right, if he meant a resurgence in constant petty crime, quality of life issues, and vandalism.
Store managers in the complex even report that tip jars are routinely stolen.
