Operation Padlock to Protect

The city sheriff shutdown over 1,300 unlicensed pot shops last year across the five boroughs but the crackdown may have hit a speed bump in recent months as the city appeals a court ruling. A slower-moving state crackdown remains ongoing, but had netted only 59 illegal store closings in Manhattan last year, a spokesperson for the Office of Cannabis Management told Straus … [Read more...] about Is Illegal Pot Shop Crackdown Sputtering as City Appeals a Court Decision?