Crime Wave Hits Fulton Transit Hub as Thieves Target Stores, Leading Westfield to Seek Early Exit from Lease

• Thieves caught on video brazenly stealing cash from bubble tea shop in Fulton Transit Center

• Retail giant Westfield wants to break lease 10 years early due to rising crime and disputes over construction fees

• Westfield says hub overrun by homeless people, hustlers, vandalism; calls for more security guards

• Assaults & employee intimidation up; other stores report frequent robberies

• MTA took Westfield to court to force it to honor lease; calls crime not valid reason to break deal