Retail Worries

Combatting retail theft has been a cornerstone public safety issue for Gov. Kathy Hochul this year, with budget proposals that would create a tax credit for businesses to upgrade their security and the creation of a task force to study the issue.

“I think there’s a lot of my colleagues who see this as a problem and know it’s a problem,” Staten Island Democratic Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton said. “The solution to the problem is where we differ.” — Nick Reisman and Marie J. French

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