New York’s Marijuana Scorecard: 85 Legal Shops, 2,000 Illegal Ones March 22, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments After three years of fits and starts, the rollout of New York’s recreational cannabis market gained speed in 2024, most notably with the opening of about 50 licensed dispensaries so far this year. But the licensed retailers, who number about… Read More→
NYC Licensees Press State to Increase Enforcement of Illicit Stores February 29, 2024 Tom Hymes New York, News & Insights, Retail 0 Comments A letter-writing campaign organized by CannabisNYC is urging state lawmakers to engage in “immediate legislative action against the proliferation of unlicensed cannabis storefronts.” The deadline for licensed New York City dispensary owners and others to sign the form letter was… Read More→
Over 30 illegal weed shops surround single legal cannabis dispensary in this popular NYC neighborhood — causing haziness among ‘confused’ customers January 12, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments More than 30 unregulated weed vendors surround a licensed cannabis dispensary in the Lower East Side — smoking out its business as “confused” customers struggle to differentiate between the two. The plight of ConBud, which opened in October on Delancey… Read More→
Owner of nearly a dozen illegal NYC pot shops will fork over $400K: prosecutors July 19, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The owner of nearly a dozen illegal pot shops has agreed to fork over more than $400,000 in a deal struck with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors said Tuesday. Rami Alzandani will pay $103,000 in restitution to the state… Read More→
Why Cannabis Brands Should Focus On NYC Tourists April 12, 2023 Pam Chmiel Marketing 0 Comments By Pam Chmiel NYC is the most culturally diverse city in the United States, with 8.5 million residents and 60+ million tourists visiting yearly, giving cannabis companies the opportunity for a head start on building brand recognition nationally and globally.… Read More→
Kids Buying Weed From Bodegas Wasn’t in the ‘Legal Weed’ Plan February 24, 2023 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York 0 Comments The rollout of legal marijuana in New York has been a slow and laborious process. The corner stores aren’t waiting. Not long ago, a mother in Westchester learned from her teenage son that he and his friends had gone to… Read More→
New York City Sues Unlicensed Cannabis Dispensaries and Landlords February 10, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments By Andrew Schwartz As New York cannabis retail licensing proceeds at a snail’s pace, countless businesses are openly selling marijuana products out of unlicensed stores and smoke shops. It is obvious to anyone walking through New York City that the… Read More→
Crackdown on illegal weed shops expands, as Manhattan DA asks landlords to evict violators February 8, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Mayor Eric Adams is teaming with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to crack down on illegal cannabis shops by using some new tactics. The city is seeking to leverage a little-used provision of New York’s Real Property Actions and Proceedings… Read More→
Mayor Adams cracks down on unlicensed NYC stores selling cannabis December 15, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 1 Comment Illegal cannabis shops have been flourishing in New York City since marijuana was legalized for adult use in March 2021. But with the first licensed recreational dispensaries set to open by the end of this year, Mayor Eric Adams is… Read More→
How Old Fashioned Tactics Can Stomp Out Illegal Pot Shops In NYC October 26, 2022 Pam Chmiel Black Market, New York, Uncategorized 0 Comments NYC has one of the world's most sophisticated underground cannabis supply chain networks making it nearly impossible to eradicate their activity. This puts legal entrepreneurs at a competitive disadvantage in market share and price wars because of the higher taxes,… Read More→
New York City’s First Cannabis Boss Wants to Combat ‘Cannaphobia’ October 12, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Dasheeda Dawson, a native New Yorker, returns home to direct the effort to build cannabis businesses and to absorb the illegal market into the new legitimate one. As a child growing up in East New York, Brooklyn, at the height… Read More→
NYPD tows marijuana trucks from Times Square as weed sellers shell out $200K in parking fines August 18, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Times Square’s marijuana truck business is going up in smoke thanks to city government weed whackers. The NYPD seized 19 brightly-colored trucks and buses found selling cannabis-laced edibles without proper permits at the Crossroads of the World on Tuesday —… Read More→
NYC Mayor Adams vows to not be ‘heavy-handed’ on illicit weed sales: ‘Enjoy yourself, light up’ June 4, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York 0 Comments It’s a green new day for weed dealers in the Big Apple. Mayor Adams promised Friday to not take a “heavy-handed” approach toward those who sell marijuana illicitly in the city and gave New Yorkers his blessing to smoke more… Read More→
New York’s Weed Rush Is Here. They Came to Cash In. June 1, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, News & Insights 0 Comments For generations, entrepreneurs and dreamers have moved to New York City to strike it big. Now they’re coming to sell a lot of cannabis. S. was 30 and C. was 22 when they first met — at a focus group… Read More→
NYC weed dealers sell pot that looks like candy and ice cream to kids April 30, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York 0 Comments Pot peddlers are hawking their weed near kids as young as 10 — with some buds camouflaged to look like candy or ice cream cones — in and around several Inwood schools. On Thursday, The Post witnessed three different deals… Read More→