New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said that his administration is ready to crack down on the illicit cannabis retailers that have multiplied throughout the five boroughs.
“We are not going to allow these stores to stay open,” Mayor Adams said at a press conference, as quoted by the news outlet NY1.
The stores, which have become a fixture in the Big Apple this year, capture how awkward it can be for state and local officials to implement new marijuana laws.
Recreational pot was made legal in New York in 2021, when then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill
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