Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg are making a new joint push to crack down on businesses illegally selling weed, the pair announced Tuesday afternoon.
“Those who flout the cannabis tax laws and regulations are robbing the very communities that suffered from marijuana criminalization for decades, communities that are finally on the cusp of benefiting from a just and equitable system,” Bragg said. “We cannot allow that. I will not allow that.”
In his missive, Bragg said he notified the over 400 smoke shops it was sent to, that his office is prepared to use its civil powers under “Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law” to force their property owners to commence eviction proceedings against them. That includes the unlicensed sale of pot, untaxed cigarettes and other “adulterated products.
But when asked by a reporter if his office was prepared to bring over 400 eviction proceedings against the illicit businesses, Bragg said his office will likely focus its efforts on those it determines are doing the most harm. “We will do what we do in other matters,” Bragg said. “We’ll look at the data, we’ll look at the evidence, we’ll look at where things are most acute. Those are the kind of issues and considerations we’ll look at to do priorities.”
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