Brazen New Yorkers are smoking weed everywhere—Saks, subway, US Open

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Brazen New Yorkers are smoking weed everywhere—Saks, subway, US Open
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It’s the summer of weed — and the new normal — as New Yorkers brazenly smoke marijuana even in places they’re not allowed: including parks and on the subway and, allegedly, at fancy res…

afternoon, the high-end flagship’s shoe department smelled less like Manolo Blahnik leather and more like a head shop, a stylist told The Post.

A stylist claimed she has smelled weed on the sales floor at Saks Fifth Avenue recently, particularly in the shoe department.pervading her match this week at the US Open: “It was weed. The smell, oh my gosh.” But the potential $50 fine isn’t stopping everyone. A Post reporter watched Tuesday morning as a young man blithely puffed on a joint aboard the F train in downtown Manhattan, a week after seeing two guys pass a doobie back and forth on the same line.Helayne Seidman

The NYPD is primarily responsible for patrolling the subway system for smokers, MTA officials told The Post. “I hold Gov. Hochul responsible. She’s been promoting marijuana use. She’s bending over backwards to get people to use marijuana and get marijuana stores set up,” David G. Evans, organizer of the group Cannabis Industry Victims Seeking Justice, told The Post. “It’s not good for any community.”

One diner — who asked to withhold their name out of fear of being barred from reservation books — told The Post they saw smoke and smelled marijuana as two other customers vaped during a recent lunch at the West Village hot spot Carbone.

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