NYC getting the power to close illegal smoke shops

Written By Jenifer Rajkumar for New York

New York City and all local municipalities will now have the power to shut down illegal pot shops, according to Gov. Hochul. 

Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) penned the Stop Marijuana Over-proliferation and Keep Empty Operators of Unlicensed Transactions Act, colloquially known as the SMOKEOUT Act, to combat the illicit shops, and provisions from this bill are to be included in the state budget, according to a press release from her office. In the other house of legislature, the bill was carried by state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans).

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