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FYI:

According to court filings, it does appear that State Senator Luis Sepúlveda, the head of the Senate's Committee on the Judiciary, made a formal complaint about a judge who ruled against him. This seems to be....a pretty massive conflict of interest?

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Tompkins Square Narc: NYPD Started 4/20 With Barricades, Left With Contact Highs

Tompkins Square Narc: NYPD Started 4/20 With Barricades, Left With Contact Highs

After a total lockdown of Washington Square Park, cops cleared out vendors from Tompkins Square Park just 90 minutes before 4:20 p.m.

Max Rivlin-Nadler

April 20, 2026

25 posts (Page 2)

Sheriff Anthony Miranda, LeeAnn Mata, Mayor Eric Adams, Dasheeda Dawson, Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar

Eric Adams Went in a NYC Weed Dispensary for the First Time (But Didn’t Buy Anything)

Katie Way

February 29, 2024

As More Legal Weed Stores Finally Open, They Say They’re Ready to Compete With Unlicensed Shops

As More Legal Weed Stores Finally Open, They Say They’re Ready to Compete With Unlicensed Shops

Max Rivlin-Nadler

October 19, 2023

A processor in black gloves trims a cannabis plant.

What the Hell Is Going on With Legal Weed in New York?

Katie Way

August 31, 2023

WeedWork: Inside Work’n’Roll, NYC’s First Cannabis Coworking Space

WeedWork: Inside Work’n’Roll, NYC’s First Cannabis Coworking Space

Katie Way

July 06, 2023

Gwen Carr, Rev. Kirsten John Foy, and other unnamed participants in a rally for the Coalition for Access to Safe & Regulated

‘What About the Little Guy?’ Asks Cannabis Advocacy Organization That Includes Medical Cannabis Giants

Katie Way

June 28, 2023

A closed weed bodega storefront in the East Village, decorated for its "grand opening."

A Weed Bodega Shut Down by the NYPD Got Replaced With Another Weed Bodega

Katie Way

May 01, 2023

A weed bodega storefront that reads, "Blasted Convenience Smoke Shop"

The Tacky Weed Bodega Aesthetic Is Actually ‘Old-School’ NYC Vernacular

Katie Way

March 20, 2023

A pile of nugs on a digital scale.

Is New York’s Legal Weed Dank Enough?

Christopher Robbins

March 10, 2023

An illicit weed shop called "the forbidden cannabis"

NYC Asks Landlords of Unlicensed Weed Shops to Do Their Dirty Work for Them

Max Rivlin-Nadler

February 07, 2023

Chris Alexander wearing a suit, holding aloft a tin of legal cannabis gummies in a sea of cameras at the first legal cannabis

Weeeeeeed, Get Your Fresh, Social Justice-Infused, 100 Percent Legal Weed Here!

Christopher Robbins

December 30, 2022

‘This Is Reparations’: Can New York Actually Make Legal Weed Work for People of Color?

‘This Is Reparations’: Can New York Actually Make Legal Weed Work for People of Color?

Wes Parnell

December 22, 2022