{"id":7445,"date":"2025-05-21T12:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/bronx-lawmaker-introduces-bodega-act-to-boost-safety-in-nyc-stores\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:20:17","slug":"bronx-lawmaker-introduces-bodega-act-to-boost-safety-in-nyc-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/bronx-lawmaker-introduces-bodega-act-to-boost-safety-in-nyc-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx lawmaker introduces Bodega Act to boost safety in NYC stores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In an effort to reduce crime in convenience stores across New York City, a Bronx state lawmaker has introduced the Bodega Act of 2025, a measure that would provide grants to small businesses for panic buttons and surveillance equipment.<\/p>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nyassembly.gov\/leg\/?default_fld=&amp;leg_video=&amp;bn=A07870&amp;term=&amp;Summary=Y&amp;Actions=Y&amp;Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&amp;Text=Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York State Bodega Act of 2025<\/a>, introduced by Bronx Assemblymember George Alvarez last month, would direct the Division of Criminal Justice Services to establish a grant program supporting security upgrades for bodegas, food marts, and similar small retail establishments.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bxtimes.com\/bronx-lawmaker-introduces-bodega-act-to-boost-safety-in-nyc-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to reduce crime in convenience stores across New York City, a Bronx state lawmaker has introduced the Bodega Act of 2025, a measure that would provide grants to small businesses for panic buttons and surveillance equipment. The New York State Bodega Act of 2025, introduced by Bronx Assemblymember George Alvarez last month, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-sin-categoria"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7446,"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions\/7446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedbodegasofamerica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}