An indictment was unsealed in Brooklyn charging several men for their roles in the kidnapping, robbery and shooting of marijuana dealers.
POLICE SAY A violent carjacking in Dyker Heights on Saturday led officers to uncover a large drug stash house nearby.
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a $6 million judgment against the owner of Big Chief Smoke Shop in Bay Ridge.
THE BIG CHIEF Smoke Shop in Bay Ridge was fined for selling unregulated cannabis, and for ignoring orders to stop selling without a license.
Despite opposition from community members and elected officials, Bay Ridge’s first legal cannabis dispensary has become a reality.
The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn held its monthly CLE meeting where attorney Sean McGowan served as the guest lecturer.
DOWNTOWN/FORT GREENE — Three illegal smoke shops in the Downtown Brooklyn area have been padlocked within the past two weeks using recently-enacted law enforcement tools,
New York has edged closer to allowing residents aged 21 and over to grow their own marijuana at home, following the state Cannabis Control Board’s recent adoption of new rules
Arjante Moss, a 27-year-old Brooklyn resident, faces serious charges after allegedly assaulting a New York State Department of Taxation and Finance investigator. The investigator was executing a closure order on
BAY RIDGE — Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a Brooklyn man has been indicted for felony assault and other charges for allegedly assaulting a Finance Supervising Investigator,
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s office will no longer prosecute New Yorkers for possessing excessive amounts of cannabis, according to recently published reports. This decision follows a series of legal challenges
Despite legalizing weed years ago in New York State, Brooklyn is still waiting for its first legal weed store to officially open its doors on Tuesday. While everyone waits, Attorney
As New Yorkers eagerly anticipated a burgeoning legal cannabis market, what has actually transpired is a quagmire of bureaucratic holdups and delayed licensing. More than two years post-legalization, the streets
More than two years have passed since New York legalized marijuana for adult use, and yet Brooklynites still find themselves without a legal outlet to buy cannabis. Despite this, Gov.
Amid the beleaguered rollout of New York’s legal cannabis market, frustrated community members gathered for a rally outside Governor Kathy Hochul’s office on Wednesday, June 28. Advocates, business owners, and
BROOKLYN — New York issued licenses to three Brooklyn cannabis dispensaries on Monday, following the recent lifting of a borough-wide ban on such licenses. The New York State Cannabis Control
BROOKLYN — Brooklyn may finally get its first recreational weed dispensary after the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan lifted part of an injunction on Tuesday that
STATEWIDE — The Coalition for Access to Regulated & Safe Cannabis (CARSC) has filed a lawsuit against New York’s cannabis regulators in an attempt to force regulators to create a
BAY RIDGE — Southern Brooklyn residents, police officers and elected officials are calling for the shutdown of allegedly illegally operating and unlicensed marijuana businesses. U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis held a
This article was originally published on Sep 13 8:32pm EDT by THE CITY New York State is the first state in the nation to put people with past marijuana-related criminal
Brannan, Williams advocate ‘Heroes’ Fund’ Councilmember Justin Brannan (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst-Bath Beach) and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams have introduced a resolution calling on the federal government to enact legislation that
Marijuana arrests continued to plummet during the second half of 2019, with fewer than 300 people arrested citywide on low-level possession charges, according to police statistics released Monday. Just 291
Update (4:20 p.m.): Marijuana decriminalization went into effect Aug. 28. They didn’t legalize marijuana in New York State, but they did decriminalize it. You hit the weed pen one too many
Low-level marijuana prosecutions are way down in Brooklyn compared to last year, but massive racial disparities in arrests for the charges persist citywide, according to data from The Legal Aid
Recent news stories about the emphasis on police arrests forpossession and distribution of marijuana being a waste of timemakes sense. Citizens have more to fear from murder, arson, rape,muggings, robberies, auto and identity theft or home break-ins,along with ever-increasing levels of confiscato …