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Rising Crime and Retail Dilemmas: The Struggle of New York City Pharmacies
In recent months, New York City has seen a dramatic spike in pharmacy burglaries, with the NYPD identifying several suspects linked to a string of at least eight incidents. These thieves have targeted drugstores by smashing glass doors and bypassing heavy security gates. Such crimes add to the emerging trend of retail theft in the city, where recognizable chains like Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid have announced the closure of 40 locations in 2024 alone. This alarming trend leaves New York with only about half the number of drugstores it had just a decade ago.