New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan’s top prosecutor say they will go after landlords who allow hundreds of illicit shops to operate.
Darius Conner, prepares to make the first sale of vaporizer cartridges of cannabis in the"pop up" location of his family business Smacked, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in New York. – In a renewed push to snuff out New York City's thriving illegal cannabis market, Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan's top prosecutor announced Tuesday that they would go after landlords who allow hundreds of illicit shops to operate.
When the state legalized recreational marijuana two years ago, “many people took it that you can just open up a location any way you want,” Adams said. “Marijuana legalization in New York came with rules, and those rules must be respected," Bragg said. “Instead of respect for the law, we have seen ... the proliferation of storefronts across New York City selling unlicensed, unregulated, untaxed cannabis products.”
The state legalized recreational marijuana use in March 2021 and authorized the Office of Cannabis Management to begin establishing a legal marketplace. Most of the shops are to be operated by people of color who had been incarcerated by prohibitionist laws. Matt Mundy is the general counsel for RIV Capital, which operates four medicinal dispensaries in the state, including one in Manhattan.
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