Retailers are pushing lawmakers for stricter punishments against shoplifters as a crimewave sweeps the nation, including in where a Rite Aid store in midtown Manhattan has closed its doors after having $200,000 worth of product stolen in just two months.'They come in every day, sometimes twice a day, with laundry bags and just load up on stuff,' an employee at the now-shuttered Hell's Kitchen drug store, which used to be open 24 hours, told the .'They take whatever they want and we can’t do anything about it. It’s why the store is closing. They can’t afford to keep it open.'
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