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NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL, NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS TAKE VICTORY LAP ON SMOKE SHOPS
CRACKDOWN — BUT ENFORCEMENT HASN’T EVEN STARTED YET

By Vaughn Golden and Craig McCarthy

Published April 19, 2024, 7:53 p.m. ET

They’re planning to smoke out the bad guys.

Taking a somewhat premature victory lap Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York
City Mayor Eric Adams pledged to use a newly passed state law to crack down on
what they call a “scourge” of illicit pot shops across the state.

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“Enforcement will start immediately,” Hochul promised.

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Adams and other municipal leaders had begged Albany for new powers this year to
allow local cops to shut down hundreds of stores which brazenly sell cannabis
without a license.

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“This is not a step backwards, this is a step forward to make sure we have legal
cannabis shops,” Adams said after posing for a pic with Hochul.

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Amongst the package of legislation cracking down on the illicit pot shops, cops
will be able to carry out a number of actions.

These include being able to:

— Pursue a civil order to shutter a store believed to be selling cannabis
products without a license

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— Conduct inspections of suspected illegal pot shops

— Penalize a retailer between $100-$10,000 per day, totaling up to $25,000 for
selling cannabis without a license

— Seal the storefront of a shop

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— Fine a landlord up to $50,000

— Strip a shop of its tobacco, lottery and liquor licenses if it’s found to be
illegally distributing cannabis.

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Hochul said the measures will “restore stability and order” and snuck in a
couple of puns, saying they will “weed out the illegitimate shops,” so state and
city licensed stores can “grow their budding businesses and realize their
dreams.”

She was flanked at the event by Adams, Councilwoman Gale Brewer and New York
City Sheriff Anthony Miranda.

Miranda has played a major role in Adams’ attempts to crack down on the shops to
date by conducting raids of illicit shops. However, those efforts were largely
fruitless because state law prevented them from padlocking the stores after a
raid, allowing them to quickly turn around and open up shop again.

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“We are going to be operational immediately as soon as they cross their Ts and
dot their Is. When the ink is finalized on this bill we are operational with all
the resources to shut these illegal stores,” Miranda told the Post in a
statement.

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The new measures were passed by both chambers of the state legislature Thursday,
and are expected to be signed into law as part of the state budget in the coming
days.

“We are getting it done. Legalization is about following the law, not breaking
the law, and today, we’ve taken an important step forward in supporting the
legal cannabis market,” Adams promised.


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