NYC Mayor Adams Announces Purchase Of $1.6 Million Worth Of Panic Buttons To 'Hopefully' Curb Crime

Posted • May 5, 2025: Here's a recent headline highlighting just one example of the problem with violent crime in New York City: Man dies after being stabbed six times in the back by multiple assailants following argument inside NYC bodega: NYPD. The political leadership in NYC has seen enough, and this is one of the solutions: New York City unveils plan to fight crime by giving store owners panic buttons. https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1919379656345587712/vid/avc1/888x496/zZ9ach3ZAI19cMnY.mp4 —— This can be filed under the "good luck with that" category. —— NYC to buy $1.6 million in panic buttons for 500 bodegas to try to curb crime: ‘Hopefully, it works.’ There's an old saying that "hope is not a strategy" but that's where Mayor Adams is hoping there are exceptions. They could try just keeping criminals in jail, but whatevs. Maybe if the "panic button" is in the shape of a gun it would be a more effective deterrent. (…)

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New York Post: NYC to buy $1.6 million in panic buttons for 500 bodegas to try to curb crime: ‘Hopefully, it works’
https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/nyc-to-buy-1-6-million-in-panic-buttons-for-500-bodegas-to-try-to-curb-crime/