Gabriel Poblete, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

Key Figure in State’s Legal Pot Marketplace to Resign, Sources Say

June 14, 2023, 9:48 p.m.June 15, 2023, 5:34 p.m.

Reuben McDaniel, a member of the state’s Cannabis Control Board and the CEO of the authority struggling to set up licensees with stores, plans to step down from the Board this week.

Drugs

Weed Retailers Rail Against ‘Financial Slavery’ in State Cannabis Rollout

June 7, 2023, 4:18 p.m.June 7, 2023, 4:24 p.m.

Officials pledge loans and cost caps, but an angry license-holder calls current practices ‘downright shady.’

Housing

5WTC Gets Affordable Housing Boost But Neighbors Demand Pause for More

May 25, 2023, 6:52 p.m.May 25, 2023, 6:56 p.m.

Officials give go-ahead for a residential tower with 30% set-aside for below-market rentals, up from previous promise of 25%.

Immigrants

Not Welcome at the Welcome Center: City Moves to Close Area in Port Authority Where Volunteers Help Migrants

May 18, 2023, 6:31 p.m.June 1, 2023, 1:15 p.m.

The abrupt shutdown of a greeting area marks a breaking point in the fraying relationships between City Hall and the activist groups running the site.

Immigrants

Asylum-Seekers Arrive at LaGuardia Airport, Unsure Where to Go Next

May 15, 2023, 6:09 p.m.May 15, 2023, 8:16 p.m.

Texas charities are now sending migrant families to NYC on airplanes, not buses — yet airports lack the migrant amassed at Port Authority Bus Terminal.

Immigrants

City Braces for New Wave of Asylum-Seekers as Title 42 Expires

May 10, 2023, 2:50 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

‘We need your help,’ begged an urgent city email seeking space for migrants, the latest indication the Adams istration is hitting the panic button.

Budget

Mayor Adams to President Biden: Take Federal Action on Migrant Crisis

April 19, 2023, 7:08 p.m.June 1, 2023, 1:21 p.m.

Providing shelter and other aid for asylum-seekers is projected to cost $4.3 billion in the current and next city budget.

Zoning

More Housing Density in New York City? Not So Fast, Say Some City Lawmakers on Key Hochul Proposal

April 11, 2023, 5:03 a.m.April 10, 2023, 9:17 p.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to lift a state land use rule is meeting opposition from some Manhattan and Brooklyn legislators.

Budget

$2 Billion Owed to City in Unpaid Fines, as Mayor Adams Asks for Budget Cuts

April 5, 2023, 6:11 p.m.April 5, 2023, 6:11 p.m.

The Independent Budget Office, at the behest of Councilmember Gale Brewer, finds debts for violations like parking and sanitation tickets are growing.

Marijuana

Brooklyn Bakes First Three Legal Cannabis Licenses

April 3, 2023, 1:05 p.m.April 3, 2023, 8:17 p.m.

A pet store owner is among the first to get a license following lifting of an injunction on weed sales in the borough. But most applicants are still waiting.

Gabriel Poblete

Key Figure in State’s Legal Pot Marketplace to Resign, Sources Say

Weed Retailers Rail Against ‘Financial Slavery’ in State Cannabis Rollout

5WTC Gets Affordable Housing Boost But Neighbors Demand Pause for More

Not Welcome at the Welcome Center: City Moves to Close Area in Port Authority Where Volunteers Help Migrants

Asylum-Seekers Arrive at LaGuardia Airport, Unsure Where to Go Next

City Braces for New Wave of Asylum-Seekers as Title 42 Expires

Mayor Adams to President Biden: Take Federal Action on Migrant Crisis

More Housing Density in New York City? Not So Fast, Say Some City Lawmakers on Key Hochul Proposal

$2 Billion Owed to City in Unpaid Fines, as Mayor Adams Asks for Budget Cuts

Brooklyn Bakes First Three Legal Cannabis Licenses

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