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Balvanera, an Argentinean restaurant on Stanton Street, was hit with a smash-and-grab last
Sunday around 4 a.m. when a thief made off with $400. Navas will have to shell out upwards of
$1,500 to repair damages to his storefront, he said.
Courtesy of Fernando Navas

Burglaries on the Lower East Side, where Balvanera is located, have gone up 63.6% this year in the 28-
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Navas couldn’t afford to close his restaurant for brunch service last Sunday hours, after the break in. “I’m going to lose
more money. If don’t open for brunch, that’s another $4,000 or $5,000 that lose,” he told The Post.
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Stefano Giovannini

Navas’ Balvanera was burglarized in November 2022 and again January 2022, with the glass front door
destroyed and the cash drawer cleared out each time. Each time Navas closed the business for hours
while waiting for detectives to survey the scene.

But he told The Post he can’t afford to lose any more money, he said, and when he was hit Sunday, he
pressed ahead with business.

“I’m not going to go through the full report and wait four or five hours for the detective to come because
I’m going to lose more money. If I don’t open for brunch, that’s another $4,000 or $5,000 that lose,” he I

told The Post.

Since opening in 2014, Balvanera had only experienced one burglary before the pandemic hit in 2019.
Since 2020, Navas said, things have gotten worse.

Osteria 57 suffered $8,000 in losses and damages when a smash-and-grabber took around $4,000 in the cash drawer
and made out with laptops, iPads and small appliances.
Stefano Giovannini

“There are less police on the streets. If you walk around the Lower East Side you see people who look like
zombies — people on heroin, on fentanyl. It’s too hard to have a business” in NYC,” Navas said.
The repeat crimes, coupled with the expense of running a restaurant and living in New York City, has
motivated Navas and his family to relocate permanently to Pittsburgh, where he has relatives, he said.

“It makes you think about closing the restaurant. What am I doing?” Navas, who will open an outpost of
Balvanera in the coming months in Pittsburgh, said. “Small businesses suffer in New York.”
Across town, 11th Street Cafe and Osteria 57 in the West Village have all had overnight smash-and-

11th Street Cafe also had a break in last Sunday in the early morning.
Stefano Giovannini

Hours after closing last Saturday night, 11th Street Cafe owner Philippe Bonsignour told The Post the
restaurant suffered a second break-in, with a thief smashing its glass storefront. He declined to say any if

cash was stolen.

“Somebody came in yanked the door open,” he said.

Emanuele Nigro, the co-owner of West Village Italian restaurant Osteria 57 on West 10th Street, said it

suffered $8,000 in losses and damages when a smash-and-grab thief took around $4,000 in the cash
drawer and made out with laptops, iPads and small appliances.

“They were able to get in and take our money, computers – luckily, there was no major damage to the
restaurant. They left the place intact, they just went for the money,” Nigro said about the break-in.

Nigro’s Alice restaurant on West 13th Street was also targeted but the burglar failed.

He also owns Alice on West 13th Street, where there was an attempted break-in around four months ago
when a burglar unsuccessfully tried to force the door open.
Nirgo says his restaurants have security cameras, however, he’s considering investing more than $1,000
to install a new gate with a stronger lock for Osteria 57.

definitely a lot of aggravation for restaurateurs. What hurts us the most is the sense of alarm that gets
“It’s
put on the customers. There’s definitely this general atmosphere of alarm, and it’s not good for business,”
Nigro said.

People in the area said thieves hide in outdoor dining sheds and strike after cops drive by.

Bonberi Mart on West 11th Street also had an attempted break in two months ago.
Stefano Giovannini

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“They tried to break in through the front. They sit there in the outdoor dining area, it’s usually between 5
and 6 a.m. saw him waiting there and sneaking over and trying to break into my store,” Moshkovich told
I

The Post, recalling watching a burglar attempt a break-in two months ago from security footage he turned
over to cops.

“I don’t think they’ve come to any conclusion. It’s just ridiculous,” he said.

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David R. Fuller
18 hours ago
What is the point of staying? They can make 5x more in profit in a red state. There's no
to stay other than saying "I own a restaurant in NYC".
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Libby Clauwnz
10 hours ago
sounds like a racket to me. i'd never leave cash at my store. you take it with you, and bring
back the next day.
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john russo
15 hours ago
Giuliani fixed NYC Bloomberg held it in place than the liberals took over
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R Valera
15 hours ago
And for this you will be asked to pay more for the train and buses, pay a bigger toll at the
ridge, pay a toll to get to midtown, pay more for the items that ship to midtown as the Toll
the costs, pay more for rent, pay more in Taxes as public employees' salaries must be
pay more...
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Markov
16 hours ago
Not allowed to protect your business and livelihood? I can think of no more of a clear message
han that the local government wants you to leave. Painful as it might be for awhile, I would
close up shop and move somewhere else outside of that city or state. If they want to create
empty bu...
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Two buckets
17 hours ago
U gotta make a 1000 sandwiches a day in NYC to just get by. In other places u only need to
200 sandwiches to make a decent living. NYC just stresses small business to their limits.

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OK2BAWHITEMALE
16 hours ago
You mean that police presence can prevent crime? But I thought that the way to go was defund.
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MrMike
15 hours ago
Why would NYPD deploy resources to these type of crimes when the DA's office refuse to
them? You have to fix the problems at the top!
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C'mon people
17 hours ago
Let me see.why are their no police?aoc ,bragg and the rest of the people who were elected by
he same people crying for help now.wait a few years until your next election if you survive, and
your vote .its a sanctuary city.how bad could it be?
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jr 1956
17 hours ago
Why would they leave so much money in the cash draw especially after having prior break- ins.

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Dezama
17 hours ago
Right? Who leaves cash in the drawer? It should go in a safe overnight. So few people
ay with cash these days. You just don’t need that much cash lying around. Same for the
or iPads and such. Get a safe or a safe-locking cabinet. I mean, at least try.
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EM
17 hours ago
cough cough Insurance claim cough
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John Doe
14 hours ago
I am shocked that when they normalized crime we got more crime.
This is not going away anytime soon. The options are: (A) deal with it, or (B) move.
This is what New York voters want.
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AynRandish
17 hours ago
Come on now, those people were just hungry and were looking for some food. That’s what AOC
me anyway.
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Adam
9 hours ago
We're just about to turn the corner on those root causes. Another year of break ins,
and playing kumbaya instead of policing will soon lead to Xanadu. Just you wait
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S D
17 hours ago
Cash in the register at 4AM after you've been hit twice already? Also, you'd think all this would
the restaurants rethink the upcharge for using credit cards.
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Brooklyn Speaking
16 hours ago
Yes

I understand that restaurants are usually a low margin business but I think that the use of
redit/debit cards should be encouraged, not discouraged by them. Cards are more
than cash, and cards attracts more customers who tend to spend more.

Locally, Yankee Stadium and other sports venues...

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Oldish Grandma
17 hours ago
People are supposed to believe every thief is starving. Robbing a restaurant and not taking the
belies that fallacy.
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Glenn Vance
15 hours ago
Good point Granny , !

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S D
17 hours ago
Blame the cops? I don't think so. How about the guy who calls himself Manhattan DA and the
crime fighting governor?

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Sulfuric Acid
17 hours ago
Don't forget the good for nothing mayor of NYC, also good for nothing.
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Joe M
15 hours ago
I wonder if him or his family helped put the current politicians in office? Nobody says they

oted in the liberal democrats yet they are taking over everywhere and the country is sinking
Criminals, even if they are caught, they are the victim no matter what. Why not take a
No conseque...
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Joe Silva
16 hours ago
So the restaurants have security cameras but there's no video or photos of the thieves
despite break-ins being up 68%? Do they want to catch the thieves or not?

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Sgt. Thundercok
14 hours ago
I feel for the good people that live there. Not everyone can pick up and move, and you're only
vote.
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GDK
17 hours ago
NYC is starting down the same path as San Fran. The inmates are running the asylum.
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Commenter
16 hours ago
Starting????
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NYPost Censors Opinions

17 hours ago
Shut all the stores and restaurants. It's what the democrats want.
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Half Off
17 hours ago
It’s inevitable so get out why you can. Any business that allows the public to come and go
in danger.
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Dean Is My Name
13 hours ago
I would like to know why are restaurant owners and other small business owners keeping cash
nside of their cash registers overnight? They are supposed to empty them out and keep them
to show that there's nothing to steal. All cash should be kept inside of a safe instead.
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Metstopia
17 hours ago
City is dying. Even Batman thinks it’s too dangerous to work here
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letsgo brandon
17 hours ago
Every democrat run area is dying!
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ata777
17 hours ago
The Supreme Court eliminated affirmative action for college admissions. Maybe hack DAs like
Bragg should eliminate de facto affirmative action for criminal thugs as well.
Reply 40 Share
Lance Suard
16 hours ago
Maybe Bragg got into college and law school because of affirmative action.
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Samboline Honeybiscuit
16 hours ago
Thank god that bs is out. Now have those given positions tested for IQ and job
erformance and fire them. It’s about time the pets have a leash and stay off the couch.
them to do it of their own merit will eliminate 99.4% of idiots in position of making
Once again, NYP doesn’t allow...
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Fugetaboutit
17 hours ago
Why would you leave all your money in the cash register we would leave our cash drawer open
,

empty
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Robert Moore
17 hours ago
In a Les Misérables, Jean Valjean was relentlessly pursued for stealing a loaf of bread to feed
sister's starving children.
In New York they steal the cash register and get away free.
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Doc
16 hours ago
The crime in Manhattan is ridiculous! The police have their hands tied and Adams and Bragg
re extremely soft on crime. It’s a recipe for failure. It’s not just the restaurants, stores are
and if, if, the thugs are caught, they are given the no bail revolving door of crime policy
is ...

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Thorton Thornberry iii

17 hours ago
That’s the joys of living the trendy big city life, now quit crying cause we don’t want to hear it.

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Janet
6 hours ago
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different
Keep leaving money in the register and they will come back for easy money.
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Sue
17 hours ago
Lots of fancy NYC restaurants moved to south Florida.
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Charlie Maple
12 hours ago
The cops don't do anything because the courts won't sentence anyone. There has never been a
etter time to be a criminal in NYC than right now. These crooks smell opportunity all over the
and they're seizing it!
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Don Chairee
13 hours ago
This is why retailers in the 70s had a steel shield that rolls down like a garage door, after hours.
still have them around the Bronx.
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RT
15 hours ago
I would say that if I was the owner of a business in NYC (I wouldn't as I won't even visit NYC) I

ould put a large metal plate on the floor under the register and set up a large power supply
would deliver about 12,000 volts between the plate and the register when the register is
after ho...
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Kevin Barry
1 hour ago
the NYPD formerly had over 42,000 officers.

they now have 33,000 officers according to their website. ...

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Cleon
16 hours ago
Meanwhile, the "mayor" is scolding 84 y/o Holocaust survivors.
David Dinkins era (or error) Part II.
Escape New York while you're still alive.
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judyg1
4 hours ago
we have no mayor. we have this guy. an embarrassment beyond words. new yorkers
ringe whenever he celebrates himself which is all the time. a ridiculous popinjay
around while dead bodies, dead businesses and dead dreams pile up and
wafts through the once great city at the center o...
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Robert O.
17 hours ago
You don’t have to be the smartest cook in the kitchen to figure out not to leave cash in the cash
egister!! You keep doing it you might as well leave a hot coffee in the pot for the burgers when
break in!
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StillPooh
16 hours ago
Even on the weekend when some cash on hand is needed and banks are closed, they
hould still be putting the money in a safe, not leaving it in the registers! New Yorkers
to defund their police, and now they get to suffer the consequences.
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dinged up
16 hours ago
"Restaurant owners across Manhattan are being hit by an uptick in restaurant smash-and-grab

It would be interesting to know if these restaurateurs voted for Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg.
If they voted for Bragg, or neglected to vote at all, the burglaries might simply be a generous

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JT100
16 hours ago
Of course they did.
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#original Midwesterner
17 hours ago
Just leave the money by the door. Then they won't have to break the glass to get it.

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Maryann Fuente
16 hours ago
This is a shame. NYC is losing more and more restaurants, stores every day. Why is this city
ven existing anymore? There seems to be no solution given from the Mayor or his people. We
more solutions and actions before NY becomes like that movie "Escape from NY". I'm

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SSmith
14 hours ago
I don't understand, they leave cash overnight that can be stolen without trying to hide it? I
have a false ceiling or some other place to hide it. Sounds more like insurance fraud.
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LeRoi
11 hours ago
All these restaurants have had multiple break ins, but they are still leaving thousands of dollars
the cash register? Don’t they have safes?
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Knight3136
13 hours ago
A lot of experience police officers are retiring everyone knows the numbers have been going up
nd up every month. Then you have the issue that many college students don't want to become
officers. It has become so hard that they have lowered the standards in many police
and even ...

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Hunter's_Painting
12 hours ago
Bragg, Adams and Hochul approve. To the restaurant owners: who do you vote for. Who do you
to?
To the Leftists that vote Democrat and defend these elected Democrats, what do you have to
ay for yourselves? How can you defend these Democrats and continue to vote for them?
that question...
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I P DALEY
17 hours ago
Best thing you should do is close your restaurants and sell your food from coolers on the street,
the illegal aliens do.
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Samboline Honeybiscuit
16 hours ago
Yes, I hear the income tax rate on those people is extremely reasonable. Lowest rates in
he country. Like 0%. Any of us would be thrown in jail for tax evasion, unless the last
is Biden.
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FedUpWoman
17 hours ago
Crybabies voted for this. Elections have consequences.
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Quentin Crisp
17 hours ago
This isn't news! This occurs daily in N.Y.C. & always has. Get gates & don't leave cash in the
Duh!
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NYER
17 hours ago
Thank your politicians.
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Josh Lewon
16 hours ago
Didn’t Adams promise to be tough on crime?
Or is that only on white people trying to protect people on the subway?
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Danny Bedinger
17 hours ago
Them liberals voted for it, enjoy it.

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Shelby B.
56 minutes ago
FLEE this madness, if it's possible. It will only keep getting worse. Don't blame the police. If I
ere a cop, I wouldn't confront anyone either. The courts will just set them free.The cop will be
It is true DYSTOPIA, Gotham. You need more than a Superman. You need a miracle.
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P D
17 hours ago
So they just blame what's left of the cops.. How convenient
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Veeb Bee
3 hours ago
Just the beginning. We’re going to see even more places close here in NYC. Voting has
folks.
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Driver X
17 hours ago
LoL that’s what you voted for libbies
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Sterling Cooper
12 hours ago
The obvious consequence of defunding and disrespecting law enforcement.
Reply 5 Share

Ddm
17 hours ago
Who did you vote for
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MBE60
4 hours ago
Pittsburgh is on the verge of electing George Soros progressives into office, and you should
the same decline soon in law and order as its leaders pander to the homeless.
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Mark Morgan
16 hours ago
You get what you vote for
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Mitchell
15 hours ago
Don't want police? Gee, what could go wrong with that idea? Ask these restaurants. Ask CVS.
any store in New York City.
Keep voting Democrat and soon you will have just what San Francisco has.....NOTHING. No
left.

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Huntley Brinckley
2 hours ago
Oh, now you need the cops. For 12 years they were berated and held back. The prosecutors
imply cut them loose. Why would a cop stick his/her neck out when they know there is no
They finish their shift, keep their noses clean and go home. And all the while looking for
job on Long Island. ...
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Jaybo Trust
3 hours ago
New Yorkers received exactly what they voted for. The democrats are to be commended for
ollowing through with their promises. If you don’t want to live in a city that is spiraling out of
get off of your couch and move to a red state.
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Bluto Woods
2 hours ago
Between this and congestion pricing NY will go down the tubes.
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Tessa
2 hours ago
Sorry but I have zero sympathy for New Yorkers that keep voting in the same soft on crime
oliticians over and over again. Like my beloved Nona always used to say to me. "Keep doing
you're doing & you'll keep getting what your getting.."
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Impossible Man
10 hours ago
Just keep voting blue and it will all work out for you eventually, you'll see.
Reply 6 Share

Kila Fuller
11 hours ago
It’s too late for cops. Store owners should have guns and should be able to use them. Their
is their livelihood. Just make sure your cameras are working. Enough is enough!

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VanSalee
11 hours ago
The dems call this "Involuntary Redistribution of Wealth". It's in their manifesto.
Reply 5 Share

JPLark
13 hours ago
NYC could use a “summer of vigilanteism.” That would go a long way towards cleaning out the

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Greg Miller
14 hours ago
This is why these people don’t have any businesses in their neighborhoods!
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Billybob
16 hours ago
Money left in the drawer, no cameras, robbed 3 times and not changing any habits, yep they
democrat.
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Nailsonachalkboard
12 hours ago
Key phrase here: "repeat offenders face no repercussions". Sounds like a woke/progressive
to me.
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The Crusher
16 hours ago
What's the big deal? Just pay for the damages with a Social Justice surcharge on the bill, I'm
the restaurant will see an uptick in business for its inclusive wokeness. LOL!!
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OpusMaximus
15 hours ago
Elections have consequences.
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We Know It's True

15 hours ago
While I sympathize, why do you continue to make the stupid mistake of leaving so much cash
the register? The thieves will continue to rob, because they know it's there.
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Lou Ralf
11 hours ago
Well, Adams is really trying to beat DeBlasio as worst mayor in the history of the city.
Reply 8 Share

Phil McCracken
11 hours ago
Who in this day and age is stupid enough to leave cash in a register when the place is closed
vernight.
the register drawer should be left open and actually put on the counter to show anyone looking
n that there is no money.
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Hiroshi
12 hours ago
There should be those iron gates tgat close over the windows and doors installed on the exterior
reventing breakage or break ins through the windows s or covering the front doorway
like in Paris.

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Commenter
16 hours ago
NYC needs far more than cops and the ones they do have need to be allowed to do their jobs
liability from legal retribution.

Come to Florida Fernando!!!!

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Bookem Dano
12 hours ago
Won't say the restauranteurs quoted had voted for Hochul and Bragg, but willing to bet the
ajority of their patrons did. These people will cry because they have to dine
Jersey
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Mr. Potatoeater
16 hours ago
Less cops, and hamstrung ones at that, lax laws and emboldened criminals. What did expect
going to happen?
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Smart MBA
15 hours ago
Escape From New York: The Prequel
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Death2PC undefined
12 hours ago
Question Where's : the "tipping point".....? Has it been reached, or is it still a ways off......? The
rony : MAJORITY of diners vote Democrat. So, the owners are feeding
The the hand that bites
Compound THAT felony Those restaurateurs, who themselves vote, : that's right,

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az64
14 hours ago
Why do they leave money in the till? Especially if they’ve been hit before?
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mike smith
14 hours ago
I don't get that either, I'd put the money in a safe along with all the electronics I could fit
n there. I'd also install those metal roll down window/door covers. Oh well if it detracts
your overall appearance.
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Klammer
14 hours ago
It cost three dollars a day to feed a guard dog. Well worth the money and the animal will love
forever.
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Deacon_Jones'_HeadSlap
6 hours ago
Just curious as to who all these restaurant owners voted for in 2022? 2020? 18? 16? Before that

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Marky Mark
13 hours ago
Adam’s and company want more vacant real estate so he can house illegal migrants. Not a joke

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Old.Skool.Dennis
13 hours ago
WHY does he keep cash in register over-night?
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DonnieBaseball
14 hours ago
Don’t keep cash in the register after closing.

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Tony Leung
16 hours ago
ULTRA LIBERALS ELECTED ULTRA LIBERAL POLICITIANS AND BEING A SANCTUARY
GETS ALL OF US THIS.
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Navy sid
12 hours ago
Keep pulling that "D" lever though..m
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JoeyGood
3 hours ago
Simple fix.... Roll down gates.. For those that say take the money with you have never owned a
usiness, $400 in a cash register is basic and you can't expect an owner to be at a place 18 hrs
the day every day (they don't factor for prep and cleanup) so someone will open with the
crew
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Maggie
16 hours ago
Hello? There's no need for any restaurant or store to close. The solution is to spend the money
iring a security guard, preferably an ex-cop, or moonlighting cop, to be at your front entrance.
you see, most of these owners are too cheap to pay for such a service. In that case, close
doors!...
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Jean Marie Strindberg
16 hours ago
Security guards are not enough against these violent criminals and anyways they will be
go by the courts and return again and again. There is no justice here in NYC
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Rob11102
51 minutes ago
In my personal opinion restaurants get so much privilege in the city. They wanted those rat
nfested Street sheds and now criminals are hiding out in them and then robbing the
Give me a break. Next thieves are going to be hitting all these manicurists in the
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billy g
17 hours ago
they all left and the ones still there are just waiting to collect their pension's
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jojo
16 hours ago
You voted for this over and over and over
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Dwayne Camacho
15 hours ago
Leave, if you can.
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Rob Vey
11 hours ago
You get what you vote for so please do not complain now!
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james nielsen
13 hours ago
Ya'll sound like "Plantation Owners"!
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Justzman
8 hours ago
Why would you live here, why would you have or open a business with and for these people and
hese politicians? Adams is marginally smarter than Dinkins and DeBlasio, but he is
dumber, and certainly the most "Race First" mayor NYC has ever had. His
ideas are bizarre and are...
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Jon Mathews
1 hour ago
getting what they voted for.

why the complaints?

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Big Kahuna
13 hours ago
You don’t need cops bro….. you need politicians that actually do something good for the
eople…..stop voting democrat for a start…..maybe the city and state can be desirable again like
was during the Guilliani / Pataki days
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EM
12 hours ago
5.8 million bad people that also live from welfare and vote for Democrats keeps NYC filthy and

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Ivan Ivanovitch
15 hours ago
New York is where I'd rather stay. I get allergic smelling hay. I just adore a penthouse view.
I love you but give me Park Avenue.
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Mamcara
15 hours ago
I would install a heavy duty hard to break NO glass door, probably made of steel, with deadbolt
ock making it hard to break-in. Also, I would NOT keep any cash hanging loosely in drawers.
is a far cry of prudence and sort of naivety which the owner Must avoid!
Being gullible and lack of prude...
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CombatVet
13 hours ago
Now they all cry for the Cops
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Kevin Barry
1 hour ago
when actions have no consequences..... chaos follows.....
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John Berger
15 hours ago
Democrats robbing democrats.
I LOVE IT!
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Hunter Biden Rehab Center

16 hours ago
You don't need cops but need shotguns! Deduct the expense of self protection from your taxes.
Reply 4 Share

Clarence Worley
12 hours ago
We need to stop the biggest threat. White Supremacy. It’s gotta be the problem. Just ask the
guy
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Leona Schulman
16 hours ago
Iwould pay a security guard to stay overnight in the store.
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Free Citizen
10 hours ago
Who in their right mind would open a business in NYC?Pro-criminal DA,Courts.No thank you!
Reply 4 Share

Middle Moderate
2 hours ago
Anyone who votes a crime apologist into office deserves this and more… we need a no nonsense
governor and DA.
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Smart MBA
15 hours ago
When the mayor is stuck in a time warp claiming anyone white is a slave owner this affirmative
ction election crap is broke. He only cares about his own security detail and stealing funds for
line his predecessor.
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Liberalism is a metal disorder

17 hours ago
If all the restaurants close and leave NYC were will the liberals, gays and hipsters eat?
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COMMONSENSE
10 hours ago
Vote Democrat, get Democrat.
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Jean Marie Strindberg

16 hours ago
Son there won't be any retail and much fewer restaurants left in NYC. So horrific!

It would be so easy for the stupid Adams administration to crack down, but they just couldn't
less
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Ed Fish
12 hours ago
Do the math. What is the common denominator? 1st grade math!
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16 hours ago
Maybe you should protect your property better steal gates and shatter proof glass
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Mr. Shy
16 hours ago
maybe we should not have
Or a culture that normalizes looting.
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Douglas26
15 hours ago
Get out of NYC! Run for your lives! It’s lawless. Outrageously expensive. And, it has a lazy,
Racist Mayor!
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ThomasJA
1 hour ago
No sympathy for chronic dem run cities and voters. You are getting what you voted for. You
drinking the blue kool-aid. So now run away to a red state and contaminate it?
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Jake
14 hours ago
The thieves wouldn’t be charged anyway.
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Kiki_Beez
17 hours ago
Playin my tiny for Manhattan... you voted for this!
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Henry
16 hours ago
Aah liberal Democrats, gotta love 'em but they keep voting them into office so no sympathy.
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PHIL 15
14 hours ago
leave cash draw open and empty if can be seen from outside or take put in safe
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paul morgan
12 hours ago
and their mayor calls an 84 year old Holocaust survivor a slave owner. NY'ers are truly brain

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longtime resident
8 hours ago
These owners then jack up prices obscenely to pay for the damage.It's almost all colored doing
he stealing just like they are almost all of the fare beaters and now we have to pay $23 to make
for them.WE need a really strong right wing government soon or it's all over.THE
TRUTH.
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Hero of NYC
14 hours ago
These restaurants are setting up outdoor seating on the sidewalks making it a nuisance for

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Half Off
17 hours ago
Just a matter of time unless someone does something.
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booradley202
12 hours ago
Why are they leaving money in the cash drawers? Take out the money, leave the drawer open
nd visible. Shatter resistant glass in the door. You'd figure they would have learned this basic
defense after the the first break in. What's the definition of insanity?
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Black Fatigue
13 hours ago
Primates
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Sirrubes
4 hours ago
Iwonder if Alvin Bragg is the BIG GUY in NYC and he gets 10% from each break in
He keeps putting these thugs back onto the street
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NK1947
49 minutes ago
Unless you want to cover all windows and doors with solid metal gates and take down dining
it’s not worth being in business; especially with the lack of police protection.
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Mike G
5 hours ago
Sorry. You get what you vote for. Never been happier that i moved my family out of that

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J T
11 hours ago
Police cannot do Jack squat about this. There approximately 12,000 police working in NYC at
ny given time. The math is a bit frightening if you live there. 1 cop for approximately every 650
who live. Feel safer now?
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Bruce Ross
13 hours ago
The left have tied the hands of the police. There is no punishment so why bother arresting

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newport1
5 hours ago
Once you can’t even get a decent pizza in NY, why would anyone go there?
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Thomas Aquinas
13 hours ago
For all the overpriced bad food they're selling I could care less.
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Sri Gull
13 hours ago
After the way Eazy E treated that holocaust survivor woman I think his pronouns are

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RR
1 hour ago
I came here a gentleman. You’re speaking to a gentleman. Don’t point your finger at me I’m
the mayor. You figure it out.
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SWong
2 hours ago
We have a usless NYC Mayor more concerned with his dress attire than crime in the city. This
s exacerbated by Carl Heastie and Andrea Stewart-Cousins who continually put up roadblocks

any tough on crime legislation. Sad seeing this city "circle the drain" like this. Think it's bad
Manhatta...
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Dr, A
11 hours ago
bet they all voted to defund police now watch your , lives and city crumble
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Buttercup Paloma
15 hours ago
We get what we vote for unfortunately
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AH
2 hours ago
Love watching NYC turned into the dump it deserves. The dot at the end of the map destroyed
Now the dumbest voters next to San Francisco reap what you sow from
he rest of the state.
incompetent progressive politicians to dumb to run a kids corner Lemonade stand.
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The cosMICjester
12 hours ago
Equity
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Buck Truth
16 hours ago
Keep voting for the pro-criminal Dems NY...
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stephen castle
14 hours ago
this is their answer to the " broken window policy" the NYC glass industry must be making out
bandits
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Ani Bean
4 hours ago
The Mafia needs to step up and offer them protection from these scumbags.
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newport1
5 hours ago
When there is no penalty for crime you get more crime. Thanks, Democrat voters.
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Joseph Pagan
16 hours ago
Your mayor is the after pizza places. So your screwed either way. Just move your store out of
city
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Entropy Joe
2 hours ago
Just keep voting democrat sheeple.
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Kevin Barry
1 hour ago
DEFUND the POLICE. How soon they forget.
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Paul Smith
12 hours ago
It’s getting worse and it will never get better
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NYCME
14 hours ago
Every single incident was by one race! Go figure
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TruthbeTold
6 hours ago
Let me ask you one question? Did you vote for the current leadership? If so. Enjoy. If not. I’m
maybe you should take your talents elsewhere.
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MissBea
1 hour ago
I have news for this guy, Philly is no better.
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MIKEinNYC
12 hours ago
If these burglars had invested some time to learn skills instead of devolving into the animals
hat they are they might lead decent lives. The way they are now, it's just a matter of time
they wind up in a place like Rikers.
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Dr, A
3 hours ago
call a social worker to talk to these criminals !!!
=blue state mentality
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EatFastEat Repeat
15 hours ago
Dems have gotten quite good at destroying beautiful cities....but the voters deserve for whom
vote for and when it comes to New York state: ( D )estruction.
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JO
12 hours ago
Adopt 1 or 2 Pitbull's from the shelter. Problem solved.
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Nopcever
51 minutes ago
Adam's doesn't care as long as the air is clean that comes from your stove...

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Johnny'O
8 hours ago
NYC Voted for this. Reap the rewards. Rob someone else!

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letsgo brandon
9 hours ago
There is no future doing business in a democrat run area. It is a race to the bottom.
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Billyboy
12 hours ago
Conservatives could see this as the inevitable outcome of NYC Marxist policies.
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M H
12 hours ago
Move to the great state of Florida
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J Fox
1 hour ago
Bring back "Stop and Frisk"!! Open more prisons, control the animals.
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Louie De Palma
14 hours ago
Didn't any of these owners here about gates?
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Ken Kawk
12 hours ago
I’m gonna guess that 90 percent of the offenders are…. People who annoy you!!!!
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Floyd Beck
1 hour ago
I remember, before Mayor Giuliani, you couldn't go to Times Square without being harassed
encountering drug dealers. Now, it much worse, no thanks to Democrats.
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Rgr175
11 hours ago
You get exactly what you vote for, democrats that don’t care.
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Brandon Biden
32 minutes ago
Should have voted for Lee Zeldin
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EHNY
4 minutes ago
So, thieves have identified restaurants in slow traffic areas who leave cash and computers on
remises and have few security features as soft targets for burglaries. This is a new and
crime development, but it is not a question of "liberal" politicians running NYC, as
NYP would lik...
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LTO-T1
17 hours ago
The police are busy protecting the nearest Dunking Donut shop
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Ed Zeppelin
14 hours ago
Uh, maybe not leave $$ in the cash drawer every night. I worked tending bar in school and we
the drawer empty and open so the idiot theives wouldn't damage the register.
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Pasojj Templeton
16 hours ago
Every restaurant owner in NYC should lock their doors and start selling food out of a tent in
of Gracie Mansion.
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Will C
17 hours ago
Who cares, as long as NYC is diverse and following the Leftist Agenda all is good. It doesn’t
eally matter if businesses are closing and residents are being murdered, it’s a small price to
to accomplish the Leftist Agenda. Stay strong NYC!!!
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Law Doc
16 hours ago
Progressive paradise.
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Mike Wolfe
15 hours ago
This is probably a dumb question by why are you leaving cash in the register
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Mortimer Snerd
13 hours ago
My heartfelt apologies to all hard working business owners who've been victimized by the
'we love criminals' NYC administration.
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gregory c meshes
10 hours ago
Thick Plexiglas, the brick will come right back them. Get rid of adams and briggs, both as
as a screen door on the space station.
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AC101
14 hours ago
this is most probably a disgruntled ex restaurant patron who paid excessively for bad or
food.
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Ogie the 2nd

14 hours ago
Over 90% of the restaurant workers and owners I know voted in this anarchy. Let them suffer
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Nancan & Will

16 hours ago
Get rid of the glass storefronts.
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JP Karlin
3 hours ago
This is what happens in a black run town.
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Michael
1 hour ago
everyone should be leaving that rotting cesspool of a city!
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Paidobserver
2 hours ago
"We need the cops" please hold that thought when the cops need YOUR support.
Reply 1 Share

Nervous Squid
36 minutes ago
Have none of these people heard of a 'safe'? That is where you put cash & valuables overnight. I

see the cost of windows being high but that is why you have insurance.
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Tpackage
3 hours ago
Adams is doing a great job. These weak men leaders are killing the west
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dtretire
13 hours ago
Glad to hear there are no drug addicts in Pittsburgh... no doubt you can leave money in the
register there too.
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Gp
16 hours ago
Got what you voted for, go lose your souls
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Timster 55
16 hours ago
My question is... why do these business owners leave cash in the register overnight?
Iworked in liquor stores way back when and a team of 3 employees went to the bank and
the cash in he night drop box every night as we closed up shop.
What about cameras/security systems?
With smash and grab ...
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Shawn Oneil
2 hours ago
Shocker!!!’ Frwaking dems ruining usa one city at a time
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Ciara4
15 hours ago
Why do you keep cash in the till over night? BTW, you voted for this.
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URLoved
14 hours ago
See PC libs like to say " ...bla, bla, not like this pre-covid" for fear of being cancelled. Its NOT
IKE THIS since Pre BLM and Floyd and Riots, and the left calling cops and conservatives
Covid had nothing to do with it, BLM has everything to do with it. REAL racists like the
who kille...
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JimiRules!!!
2 hours ago
The Tyrone and Juan Communities out-of-control..Not surprised by ANYTHING any more!
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Lou Ralf
11 hours ago
The answer is vigilanteism. Arm yourself. Shoot first. Ask questions later. Cops are worse than

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JFupstate
17 hours ago
Lol. New York voted for this.
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Chris Marengo
3 hours ago
Quick, wake up Affirmative Action Adams from his yoga session.
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Michael Ghioto
13 hours ago
Close it down close it down. NYC doesn’t care.
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Fred Funkhauser
16 hours ago
Useless Mayor Adams gets a cut. It’s not stopping anytime soon suckers
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Kal Blyle
6 hours ago
What kind of idiot keeps $4G in the cash register overnight? You deposit what you don’t need
n the bank. The rest goes in a safe bolted to the floor until the morning. Also, your iPads need
be locked away at night. Or hidden.
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AJC818
14 hours ago
let the city die
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doug
16 hours ago
Store owners should be allowed to shoot burglars/criminals as should we all. Unfortunately the
acist minority run city administration is facilitating robberies, murder, rape and assault and
those who defend themselves against recidivist criminal eaters; see Daniel Penny.
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Ramon Garcia
29 minutes ago
If the owners are aware of whats going on why are they leaving 4K in cash and laptops and I
lying around. If you know it's a possibility then don't leave the cash lying around!! ......

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Jimmybnycc
13 hours ago
New York City has always made it very hard to own a restaurant there now as they say in
rooklyn

forget about it

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13 hours ago
If I was the owner I would put two pitbulls inside to roam free and leave a hundred dollar bill in
site. Let the crooks get eaten alive next time they enter
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Scott Farkus
13 hours ago
There is no respect for authority and everyone wants everything for free.
Parents…teach your children that there is accountability for actions.
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flash
1 hour ago
And you voted for who?
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Just Me
13 hours ago
Pull out a air mattress and sleep in the restaurant and wait. They will come back and when they
give them some lead to go with that cash register.
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super nerd
16 hours ago
move to Florida
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paul morgan
13 hours ago
Adams' NY. You voted for it. Enjoy, morons lol
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Senator Mayor
13 hours ago
black people are awesome!
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L R
12 hours ago
I see Jeanette left politics out of the interview. Curious if this was a Curtis Sliwa supporter.
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Lori Love
14 hours ago
rebuild facade, put windows higher up
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Rochambeau
12 hours ago
Perhaps sanitation commissioner will have better ideas
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SB
14 hours ago
Oh, another Democrat run sh-t hole just like CA!!!! You get what you vote for people!!!
#Trump2024
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Frankly
12 hours ago
Those terrible Caucasians.
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Will_L
12 hours ago
Formerly wealthy Norwegians trying to get a fresh start after paying the wealth tax in
homeland.
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Jericho
10 hours ago
Since there are no cops, the restaurant owners need to get smarter. Easy open doors to avoid all
he damage, hidden storage for valuables, some booby traps let your imagination run wild . . .

of doing the same thing over and over and STOP VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS!
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Just "M"
14 hours ago
Just LOVE Ya'lls city... JUST LOVE IT !!!...
Dinner AND a show !!!...

I imagine Ya'lls tourist incomes are just tanking too !!!...

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Bill Kelly
2 hours ago
Surprised the Mafia has not made a return to the protection biz.
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Big Steve
26 minutes ago
Invest a few hundred dollars in a floor safe. Liberals, how long do we need to hold their hands.
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ExMedic113
13 hours ago
What do NYC, Pittsburgh and Philly all have in common? Democratic leadership and rampant
rime. The favor criminals over innocent citizens conducting business. Fat Buffet Bragg
a white good Samaritan?
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Two buckets
11 hours ago
Bait them in and turn the tables on them. Get creative and break some heads. Protect what’s
Band together with your business neighbors and create a fist.

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Jack Ger
1 hour ago
Get some iron bars and metal gates around the doors and windows just like you're in the
That's Mayor Adam's vision for NYC a five borough ghetto.
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Sarge
32 minutes ago
It's time to start paying the Mafia for protection.
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Miller
16 hours ago
Help me to understand why/how these individuals leave money in the cash register and either
on't have a safe and/or cannot take to money to the bank? Possibly you voted for these
who
are controlling your city/sate so you got it. Bring on more idiots like AOC,
the mayor, the gov...
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RobSdc
12 hours ago
Little San Francisco
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toys for thots

9 hours ago
Cmon down to Florida like the other resturants. You will be filled
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PickNorm Leeper
12 minutes ago
And guess what, no joke, come on man..You voted for it, now eat it.

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steve bellagio
16 hours ago
Let me guess.
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Dak Lak
3 hours ago
Do what they do in Africa , fit rolling metal shutters.
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Rich Vino
14 hours ago
Call me crazy…after the first one…I wouldn’t leave cash in the register
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Snikk Rikk
11 hours ago
The politicians have an answer for you.

Blah blah blah.

Bu the time it gets truly awful it’ll be too late to come back from it.... See more
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Notalibtard
14 hours ago
Time to go
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FlimFlam
8 hours ago
Biden’s failed America!
Adam’s failed NYC!
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Will_L
12 hours ago
“They tried to break in through the front. They sit there in the outdoor dining area,"
Get rid of the damn dining shed.
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Gay Obama
8 hours ago
Blacks in NYC need to be genocided.
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fox mulder
16 hours ago
Todos los niccars ...

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DffrntDrmmr
8 hours ago
Democrats gonna steal. You know that.
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M H
12 hours ago
You voted for ineptitude and thats what you got
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FloridaFreedomUncensored
37 minutes ago
Keep voting for liberals, losers! You reap what you sow.
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ReperationzNow
1 hour ago
WE Gettin Da Reperatiionz....PHAROAH ADamz LEad the CHARGE!
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