NYC shutters 75 illicit weed shops in first week of crackdown, with hundreds and hundreds to go By Chris Sommerfeldt May 14, 2024 at 5:42 p.m. The first batch of closures mark a drop in the bucket as there are believed...
Marijuana | NY Gov. Hochul vows reform, leadership shakeup at Office of Cannabis Management By Tim Balk May 10, 2024 at 5:20 p.m. New York State's much-maligned Office of Cannabis Management will get new leadership and streamline its...
New York State budget to allow NYC to lower speed limits in win for street safety advocates By Tim Balk April 18, 2024 at 9:51 p.m. Legislation moving control of New York City's speed limits from the state to the city...
Things To Do | Where and how to celebrate 4/20 this year in NYC By David Matthews April 19, 2024 at 3:34 p.m. If you're planning to celebrate April 20 this year and are looking for places to...
New York News | N.Y. state lawmakers propose fighting NYC illegal pot shops by revoking tobacco, liquor licenses By Tim Balk April 3, 2024 at 6:52 p.m. Grasping for tools to weed out illegal cannabis shops in New York City, state lawmakers...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY New York Politics | NYC law touted as key tool against unlicensed weed stores showing little impact By Chris Sommerfeldt March 22, 2024 at 8:29 a.m. The deficiency appears to at least partially be the result of a Sheriff's Office delay...
New York Politics | Hochul orders ‘top-down’ review of New York marijuana licensing process By Tim Balk March 18, 2024 at 6:44 p.m. The governor tapped Jeanette Moy, the commissioner of the state Office of General Services, to...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY New York Politics | Number of unlicensed Upper West Side weed shops has jumped 104% since 2022, Brewer survey finds By Chris Sommerfeldt March 18, 2024 at 6:45 p.m. At least 53 delis, smoke shops and grocery stores in the uptown neighborhood are hawking...
NYC lawmakers make yet another bid to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops By Tim Balk February 23, 2024 at 8:24 p.m. A new effort is underway on several fronts to shut down unlicensed cannabis shops across...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Local News | Hundreds of new legal weed shops could soon open in NY in cannabis lawsuit settlement By Josephine Stratman November 28, 2023 at 6:01 p.m. The settlement is expected to bring an end to an injunction that has ground the...