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Posted inMarijuana

Weed Retailers With Criminal Histories Were Promised a Head Start. Instead, They’re Stuck In Line.

Dec. 29, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 30, 2022, 5:38 p.m.
In March Gov. Hochul announced New York was “making history” by putting people convicted of cannabis offenses first in line to legally sell pot products. Housing Works is now seizing the honor with a retail outlet opening Thursday.
Posted inUncategorized

National Guard and Volunteers Meet Arriving Migrants as City Anticipates Many More

Dec. 19, 2022, 8:24 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.
“This is a national problem that we have to resolve,” Mayor Eric Adams tells THE CITY — while uncertainty looms about where asylum-seekers will go and how the city will pay to shelter them.
Posted inCommunity Boards

Cannabis Confusion Reigns at Community Boards

Dec. 9, 2022, 5:50 p.m.Dec. 9, 2022, 5:55 p.m.
Information remains scant and inconsistent for neighbors as New York’s first legal pot dispensaries move toward opening.
Posted inMarijuana

Harlem Gets New York State’s First Retail Location for Cannabis Dispensary

Dec. 7, 2022, 7:33 p.m.Dec. 8, 2022, 5:56 p.m.
The lease was signed with just three weeks to go in 2022, leaving the state far behind Gov. Hochul’s goal of 20 dispensaries open by the end of the year.
Posted inDrugs

Weed Home Delivery Orders Pending From New York Cannabis Regulator

Dec. 2, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 2, 2022, 6:45 a.m.
With high-maintenance retail outlets slow to open, state fast-tracks launch of courier services.
Posted inMarijuana

State Pot Board Deals Out NY’s First Weed-Selling Licenses

Nov. 21, 2022, 1:51 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.
Four each will be based in Manhattan and Queens, with three in The Bronx and two in Staten Island. It’s still not clear when any of them will open — and Brooklyn will have to wait even longer, thanks to a lawsuit.
Posted inCampaign 2022

Dolan Family, Knicks Owners, Dole Big Bucks to Hochul While Enjoying Madison Square Garden Tax Break

Nov. 1, 2022, 8:50 p.m.Nov. 2, 2022, 8:23 a.m.
A new ad blitz and endorsement contrast with past political spending that highlighted crime and disorder, presaging Lee Zeldin’s playbook.
Posted inTransit

Penn Station Neighbors Set Out to Create Their Own Area Plan to Counter Hochul’s

Oct. 21, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 20, 2022, 7:03 p.m.
Community Board 5 resolves to reenvision the blocks targeted for demolition and megatowers under a steamroller state project.
Posted inMarijuana

20 State Cannabis Dispensaries Are Supposed to Open This Year — But Not a Single Location Has Been Announced Yet

Oct. 17, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Oct. 16, 2022, 9:12 p.m.
The delay in Gov. Hochul’s plan could jeopardize promised licenses for retailers with weed-related convictions.
Posted inImmigrants

Asylum-Seekers Who Came Months Ago Still Say they Lack Housing, Legal Help Due to Immigration Status

Sept. 30, 2022, 7:34 p.m.Sept. 30, 2022, 8:13 p.m.
While migrants often say their long journey to the United States has been worthwhile, adapting to the city is still an uphill battle. 

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