Governor Kathy Hochul stood with business leaders and District Attorneys to call for essential changes to New York’s discovery laws that would amend reforms passed in 2019 and serve as another tool to combat retail theft. The Governor’s latest push builds on her efforts to establish new protections against organized retail theft that were signed into law with the FY25 Enacted Budget as part of her five-point plan to combat these crimes.
“Retail theft threatens public safety and drives costs up for all New Yorkers,” Governor Hochul said. “I have been clear since day one: I won’t stop fighting to pass a State Budget that prioritizes affordability and key public safety measures. We cannot allow loopholes in our discovery laws to harm the progress we have made in combating organized retail theft and I remain committed to advancing key changes to discovery laws to hold perpetrators accountable.”…