Manhatten is showing the country what happens when you have a D.A. that is refusing to prosecute criminals. Drug Store RiteAid just had to shut down one of their stores after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to criminals D.A. Bragg has refused to do anything about it.
“Of all the burdens Manhattan has borne this January, the imminent closing of the 24-hour Midtown West Rite Aid hardly qualifies as a tragedy. But the fact that an otherwise-thriving major corporation is giving up on core Manhattan matters for our decaying borough.
The pharmacy, on 8th Avenue and 50th Street, will close Feb. 8. Last week, it was effectively already shuttered, with most of the store cordoned off with gates. Just a small, strange assortment — children’s coloring books jumbled with vitamins — was marooned on front shelves on “clearance.”
The clearance prices were ironic — because the reason the Rite Aid is closing is mass-scale shoplifting. As The Post reported last week, the shop lost $200,000 in goods in two months.
This store’s workers have had a rough two years. In June 2020 — the summer of “peaceful protests” — the shop suffered looting. The windows were broken and $60,000 worth of drugs stolen.
The Rite Aid was then completely covered in plywood for days.
Since then, the store’s workers — mostly people of color — have suffered the strain of constant disorder.”
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New York needs to get rid of Bragg already. He is making the borough into a criminal haven. How is any retailer supposed to survive in an area where crime is practically legal? Businesses should take note of how RiteAid was forced out after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and get out of dodge while they still have some inventory left.
