Fordham Road BID’s new security program hopes to drive down crime in the Bronx’s busiest shopping district – Bronx Times

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Fordham Road is the Bronx’s busiest shopping district, home to more than 300 stores and vendors, and often overflowing with foot traffic and various food stands and side hustles. But staying on the Fordham Road has become a risky investment for some business owners of longtime establishments and big box retailers who have cited a rise in retail theft and public safety incidents over the past year.

“Every minute someone is trying to take something. Somebody gets arrested and a couple hours later, they’re back on the street,” said Frank Bagatta, owner of North End Wine & Liquors on Webster Avenue, who said he gets hit about 3-4 times a week with thefts.

In 2021, Fordham Road’s Business Improvement District (BID) solicited vendors, merchants and stakeholders of the heavily-trafficked commercial corridor on their biggest needs.

Not surprisingly, public safety was the top priority.

Read more: https://www.bxtimes.com/fordham-road-bids-new-security-program-hopes-to-drive-down-crime-in-the-bronxs-busiest-shopping-district/

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RedOrca-15483 t1_j66ey3v wrote

this city is willing to do anything but treat career criminals and menacing repeat offenders who ruin the quality of public life of this city or outright physically endanger residents and communities with more judicial prejudice.

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Patrick_Sazey t1_j688k6u wrote

North End Wine and Liquor used to have the best commercials

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Nyctee t1_j68d9jp wrote

They are hilarious - there’s one commercial that shows people celebrating random holidays like Groundhog Day. I searched but couldn’t find it. All I could find are the Fernando party planner commercials.

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Patrick_Sazey t1_j68hsy2 wrote

They used to have a great one that was mocking the Fordham parties and Fernando would come through and make the parties better lol. That aired in like 2008ish

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therossian t1_j67xak8 wrote

Fordham student receive a ton of emails about safety alerts for muggings and stabbings on Fordham Road. I was a law student at the Lincoln Center campus who had never been to that part of the Bronx, so those emails painted an interesting picture.

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DadBodofanAmerican t1_j6bohj9 wrote

Most of the students in the security alerts are out own towner morons who think it's fine to video chat on your iphone while strolling through the Bronx at whatever hour. Not saying they deserve it, but it's pretty fucking stupid for a student at a pretty decent school.

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pewpew444 t1_j6c43f7 wrote

^Fordham '14 alum here and can attest it was the same shit back then of clueless people walking with phone out late at night.

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