Two Staten Island Democrats are mounting challenges against State Sen. Diane Savino in the June primary, looking to follow the insurgents who swept her GOP friendly allies out of power in 2018. “There’s a need that isn’t being met,” said Brandon Stradford, who plans to run for the seat representing a district that includes parts […]
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Staten Island Medical Marijuana Shop on Hold Until September
The only borough without a medical marijuana dispensary will have to wait until at least September to get its first legal pot shop. A dispensary had been set to open in June on Staten Island, which has roughly 2,500 patients registered to get medical marijuana prescriptions — a larger population share than any other borough. […]
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Push to Repeal Gravity Knife Ban Gains Momentum
City prosecutors’ changing stances and a recent court ruling appear to be shifting the balance toward lifting the state ban on so-called gravity knives. This year marks Albany lawmakers’ third attempt to repeal the folding knives prohibition, which opponents argue punishes thousands annually for holding blades commonly sold in stores, carried for work and believed […]
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Albany Pols Firing Up Medical Marijuana Overhaul
A long-awaited push to expand New York’s highly restrictive medical marijuana program is coming as hopes for legal, recreational weed are going up in smoke. The same architects of the state’s 2014 law that created the medical marijuana program in New York are introducing legislation aimed at loosening restrictions on who can access the drug […]