“For so long, we’ve been asking for a panic button. We have gotten promises from council members, from Congress members, from assembly members and from the governor. Guess what? The killings ...

“If Alyssa’s Law were there in 2018 my daughter would still be alive,” said Alyssa’s father, Ilan Alhadeff. “In the Apalachee shooting they used the panic button, and it saved live ...

That never happened. Assemblymember George Alvarez just introduced a bill in Albany to make it law, mandatory, that bodegas have a panic button,” Mateo said. “We need for our legislators ...

UPDATE MAY 1, 2025: Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 268 into law ... panic buttons, which they used to alert police within minutes of the attack. “(The panic button) was ...

The union says the latest incident underscores the need for panic buttons in these shops, and they plan to reiterate that to the governor. The push for panic buttons took off after the death of 15 ...

The UBA says the Inwood bodega, Ameer Deli, didn’t have a panic button, which quickly calls the police for help and could have helped the police arrive faster. “Our stores are not safe.