New Yorkers To Rally For SMOKEOUT Act & Against Illicit Weed Shops, Here’s Why, Where And When
Governor Kathy Hochul (D) and Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar (D) proposed a tough new policy change, known as the SMOKEOUT Act that would allow local law enforcement to directly padlock and shut down the thousands of unlicensed smoke shops selling marijuana throughout New York City and state.
Authored by Rajkumar, the bill “Stop Marijuana Over-proliferation and Keep Empty Operators of Unlicensed Transactions” – or SMOKEOUT – would empower individual municipal governments to shut down unlicensed cannabis businesses and seize their products.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who has made cracking down on the illicit pot shops a priority, also supports SMOKEOUT. Despite stepped-up enforcement efforts, there are as many as 2,000 smoke shops illegally selling weed in the Big Apple alone. Throughout the …