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Eric Adams: “Illegal businesses that were housing illegal cannabis shops…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Discusses New York City's Safety, Economic Vision, and Upcoming Mayoral Election

Published | Video Starts at 06:08

Can you tell me a little bit more about that and what the vision is going forward for this? Yes, we did this at a pizza shop in Queens. The goal was those Illegal businesses that were housing illegal cannabis shops, they had to close down for a year. And so now that year is up. We're asking them to reopen, but reopen with legitimate businesses. (06:08–06:16)

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Asserts that illegal cannabis shops were mandated to close for a year.

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