[Un] Correct New York Podcast: Marijuana Legalization & Communities of Color

[un]correct NY
KCP Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Stephen Witt
Senior Editor of KCP, Kelly Mena
Tom Russotti
Co-Founder of Kings County Politics, Tom Russotti

On this week’s episode of [Un] Correct New York, Stephen Witt, Kelly Mena and Tom Russotti talk about the potential impacts Marijuana Legalization in New York State could mean for residents and in particular communities of color.

New York City has a history of over policing cannabis in black and latino communities due to a former NYPD police practice of “stop and frisk”. With the legalization of the schedule 1 drug, many black and Latino residents want to ensure that they are one of the first ones benefiting from the $11 billion industry.