With the holiday shopping season in full swing, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and local leaders in business are calling on elected officials to reassess how cannabis offenses and retail theft are prosecuted, warning that current laws fail to protect Bronx communities.
In a Dec. 6 letter from the DA and 12 local Business Improvement District (BID) leaders to elected officials, Clark argued that existing laws are too lenient, enabling crimes that harm small businesses.
