Illicit Cannabis Sellers Meet NYC Mayor Adams Over A Whopper At Burger King, Amid $15M Lawsuit

In a move that surprised even the most cynical of New Yorkers and quite a few city cops, New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a face-to-face meeting with a group of individuals who’ve taken to congregating at a Burger King just several blocks from City Hall — an area dubbed by some as an “open-air drug bazaar.”

Adam’s unexpected sit-down with the group was seemingly inspired by media attention of the Lower Manhattan site and a $15 million lawsuit against Burger King by the area’s neighbors who are getting fed up with the illicit weed and drug sales.

Adams’s visit was not a quick walk-through. “They sat there for a solid hour,” a witness told the New York Post.

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