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Kathy Hochul: “We're down almost 12% just from last year [in retail theft].”

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Gov. Kathy Hochul Touts Decrease In Retail Theft Following New Enforcement Actions

Published | Video Starts at 02:56

And so, as we did a year and a half ago, I wanted to ask my team, well, how are the numbers looking? They're making a difference because I judge by whether or not the crimes are going down. Well, We're down almost 12% just from last year [in retail theft]. And as I talked to some of the business owners I stopped in on my way here, they feel it as well. They don't feel that they're under siege as much as they had been before. (02:56–03:00)

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Asserts that retail theft has decreased by almost 12% from the previous year.

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