Cannabis crackdown: Hochul, Adams say they’ve shuttered over 400 illicit weed shops in the Big Apple

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on June 18, 2024

More than 400 unlicensed cannabis shops across New York City have been shut down since the state Legislature expanded the city’s enforcement power in this year’s state budget, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams touted on Tuesday.

Hochul, during a Tuesday news conference with Adams at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said illegal weed shops had been able to proliferate across the city in the years since marijuana legalization took effect thanks to the glacial pace at which the state has issued licenses to sell legally.

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