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In 1977, New York decriminalized possession of 25 grams (7 ⁄ 8 oz) or less of marijuana, to an infraction with a $100 fine (equivalent to $500 in 2023). However, possession in public view remained a misdemeanor, and civil rights advocates stated that this was used as a loophole to unfairly arrest. A New York Times editorial noted in 2012:
The Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act was a bill under consideration by the New York State Legislature during the 2020–2021 session to legalize cannabis. It was contained in Part H of the revenue bills embodying Governor Andrew Cuomo 's budget proposal, A3009 and S2509.
The New York Farm Bureau supported the bill. [22] The district attorneys of Albany County and New York County (Manhattan), David Soares and Cyrus Vance Jr., published an op-ed in the New York Daily News supporting the bill, citing its correction of racial injustice and the freeing up of finite law enforcement resources for other matters. [23]
The New York State Office of Cannabis Management said that several New York City adult-use dispensaries, including Cannabis Emporium in the Bronx, will officially open this week after a lawsuit ...
2021: recreational marijuana signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, effective June 29, 2021. [140] 2022: commercial sales began April 1, 2022. [141] [142] New York: Legal to possess up to 3 oz (85 g) of cannabis or 24 g of concentrates at home and 3 oz (85 g) in public or gifting without remuneration. [143]
Plumb Beach (sometimes spelled "Plum") is a beach and surrounding neighborhood along the north shore of Rockaway Inlet, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. [1] It is located near the neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach , just off the Belt Parkway .
In January 2014, the Oglala Sioux tribal council approved a proposal to hold a tribal vote to decide on legalizing marijuana on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, [7] but the council later rejected the proposal. [8] In March 2020, members of the tribe voted to legalize medical and recreational cannabis on the reservation. [9]
Plum Island is referred to in Season 4, Episode 4, "Dawn of the Med", of the show Royal Pains. Plum Island is the location of a deadly government conspiracy in the 2014 novel, The Montauk Monster by Hunter Shea. Plum Island is the location of the Advanced Neurotechnologies Laboratory (ANS) in the 2016 novel Game Changer by Douglas E. Richards.