"People are coming out of establishments, and maybe they've been a little overserved and are ... by themselves, and they're getting pickpocketed," said Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce executive director Jesse Gericke.
"It's really just formalizing policies if they don't have an employee handbook," Gericke added, noting the program also serves as a helpful compliance check for things like fire safety and ID checks.
"The way the city has been post-COVID, I do feel that safety has kind of gone down a little bit," said Angela, a manager at Blue Haven. "The safety of our people, we're a little more concerned about it ... [there's] just a little bit more riffraff out on the street."
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