Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday joins bodega advocates to announce city funding for panic buttons in up to 500 shops. TOMAS E. GASTON “Instead of just having the cats keeping away the rats, we’re ...

New York City will spend $1.6 million to equip hundreds of bodegas with emergency panic buttons, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday. Speaking outside a Bronx bodega, Adams said the funding will pay ...

Adams says 500 NYC bodegas will get silent panic buttons in $1.6M ... Yousef Ali, 21, a cashier and manager at Flavor Taste at Seventh Ave. and 56th St., said his father has a panic button at his ...

Mayor Eric Adams is taking steps to protect bodega workers and customers 02:04. Hundreds of bodegas in New York City will soon get a panic button to keep employees and customers safe.