With illegal cannabis sales in the Big Apple booming, councilmember Justin Brannan and state senator Andrew Gounardes (D) are urging NYPD commissioner Keechant Sewel to shut down all unlicensed sellers. The irony is that all cannabis stores in the city are unlicensed, as state officials have not issued a single license since the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA) was approved in March 2021.
“It’s pretty clear that some businesses are exploiting this purgatory that we’re in right now where the state hasn’t issued any licenses but stores are selling and some of them are masquerading as dispensaries,” Brannan told Brooklyn Paper.
