At a press conference on December 15, 2022, New York City Mayor Adams announced the creation of a joint task force between the New York City Sheriff’s Office, the NYPD, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protections and the New York State Office of Cannabis Management to weed out illegal dispensaries.
What the task force does
The purpose of the task force is to target, among other things, sales of unregulated THC products. According to Mayor Adams, in the last two weeks, the agencies inspected 53 storefronts across the city and seized more than 100,000 illegal products worth about $4 million. Moreover, the task force supposedly issued 500 civil violations and 66 criminal summonses.
Need for a task force
One particular case stood out: two men in Queens are facing charges for allegedly operating an illegal marijuana dispensary. They were charged on a 57-count complaint charging them with criminal sale of cannabis in the second and third degrees, criminal possession of cannabis in the third degree, unlawful sale of cannabis, and unlawful possession of cannabis. Notably, the two men allegedly ran their business less than two blocks from two neighborhood schools, which is one of the many things that
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