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The crackdown includes hate crimes, retail theft and illegal cannabis shops.
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Gov. Hochul is proposing new stiffer penalties including making it a felony to assault a store employee. But Democrats in the Senate and Assembly are reluctant to increase criminal penalties. Neither house included the new criminal penalties in their budget plans.
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Hochul, as part of a $45 million plan to combat retail theft, wants to raise criminal penalties for anyone who assaults a store employee.