Eric Adams

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $9.5 million judgment against George West, the owner of an unlicensed cannabis dispensary in Ontario County. This sentence followed his refusal to comply with a June 2023 order from the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to cease operations. West...

FBI agents seized New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘ phone early Thursday during a raid at his official residence, Gracie Mansion. The search comes as federal authorities prepared to unveil an indictment against Adams on sealed criminal charges. The charges, which remain confidential, follow...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams celebrated what he called his victory on illegal smoke shops in and around the Big Apple Wednesday by destroying more than 8,000 pounds of cannabis products seized in "Operation Padlock." “We’re going to destroy four tons of cannabis,” Adams said....

In a late-night operation on Thursday, the NYPD and the New York City Sheriff's Office uncovered millions of dollars worth of illegal cannabis products in a Queens warehouse. This major find marks one of the largest busts in the city’s intensified crackdown on unregulated cannabis suppliers....

New York's Cannabis Market Expands As Officials Successfully Crack Down On Illegal Sales As New York City's ‘Operation Padlock To Protect' gains momentum as Governor Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Eric Adams recently announce that more than 1,000 illicit cannabis stores have been shut down, boosting...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Eric Adams and other key city officials, announced that more than 1,000 illicit cannabis stores have been shut down across the state. This figure includes 779 illegal stores padlocked in New York City and an additional 230 closures statewide, as part of...

The New York City Police Dept (NYPD) seized about $10 million worth of narcotics in the Bronx over the weekend. Mayor Eric Adams was on the scene with the New York City Sheriff's Office and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The police said that this was the most significant drug bust to...

A group of New York City businesses that had their shops shut down as part of the “Operation Padlock to Protect” program lost their case against city officials after a federal judge refused on Thursday to halt the crackdown on unlicensed cannabis sellers, reported Reuters. NYC...

There have been plenty of events in the New York cannabis space. We will break them down for you. Legal Battles Stall Cannabis Licensing Efforts New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is dealing with over 20 active lawsuits, reported Green Market Report. These legal challenges stem...

New York City deputy sheriffs have seized so much illegal marijuana that they are having a hard time finding a place to store it, writes the Daily News. "We were seizing more than the space we had, so we started putting it in different offices," Ingrid Simonovic, the president of the New York City...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams' newly established mayoral task force known as Operation Padlock has taken to aggressively targeting shops suspected of selling illegal marijuana, judging from a video that surfaced of a Staten Island raid, which has sparked concerns over due process and the wisdom of using the...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams ordered the city’s police to shut down 20 stores on Tuesday, the first day of new efforts to dismantle illicit cannabis operations in the Big Apple. "The illegal shops … have become a magnet for crime, they have become a magnet for quality of life issues that we...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is sounding the alarm about the city’s capacity to handle the ongoing migrant crisis, warning that the situation could soon lead to people “sleeping on the streets.” What Happened: Adams, in an interview with Fox 5’s Rosanna Scotto, emphasized...

New York City has taken legal action against major social media platforms TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube for allegedly causing mental health issues among young users. What Happened: On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city has filed a lawsuit against...

Governor Kathy Hochul (D) signed a cannabis tax relief measure into law that will help New York City businesses that are not entitled to certain federal tax deductions under federal law. The bill, S7508, from Sen. Luis R. Sepúlveda (D) ...