New York City landlords are under pressure to remove smoke shops from their properties. When illegal activity is discovered, like selling cannabis without a license, the landlords face fines. DaveCarlinTV reports.
When illegal activity is discovered, like selling, you are close to one smoke shop, or more."It's too many. There are all over," another person said.Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes new enforcement plan to weed out New York's illegal marijuana shops
A report on all smoke shops -- those operating legally and illegally -- was compiled for the City Council, and counted more than 1,500 citywide, including 400 in Manhattan, alone. "Some of them are opening illegal smoke shops at 7 a.m. near a school. That upsets me," Councilmember Gale Brewer said. Brewer scored invites with the Sheriff's Department to go on raids and says public reaction surprised her.To shut down shops not following the law, the city goes after some landlords to make it their business to police their renters.
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