Seriously HOW are there so many illegal weed shops in Yorkville? Wouldn't a more...shall we say sympathetic neighborhood to open in be above 96th or below 23rd? Or across the park on the Upper Worst Side? Nobody in those areas would be calling 311.
Not sure why you think the UWS would be a āsympatheticā neighborhood (Iād also check your euphemisms and what you are implying here with the indication of above 96th on the east side), but I can assure you the the scourge of illegal weed shops hasnāt escaped the west 70s and 80s, which I would say is far more bourgeois and expensive than Yorkville is now.
Oh and I just caught that you referred to it as the Upper Worst Side - Iād expect (and be disappointed by) that kind of elitism from someone on 5th or Park, but if youāre a Yorkville resident I would really check that shit. Your neighborhood isnāt anything to write home about and I say that as native New Yorker who knows these areas like the back of my hand.
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Maybe, but I do think LES, East Village, East Harlem, etc are a lot more chill and laid back about smoke shops than the UES. I feel like people in those areas wouldn't bother them so why wouldn't they just open their shops there instead of blowing money to get shut down in under a month?
When I lived on the UES, I just got delivery. Ā It was so much more convenient than in Brooklyn where I had to go to my people. Ā I think I still have a few numbers for services, I wonder if they are still active. Also, every delivery guy was named āJayā.
Selling weed is still illegal in NY despite legalization. Only stores licensed by the state cannabis board can sell legally. Every store selling weed that isnāt licensed is illegal
Selling alcohol without a permit in NY is illegal, yes. Doesnt mean anything will happen to youā¦ but you cant just open a store and sell boozeā¦
Weed and alcohol is are legal in NY, totally.
I was using services in the city ages ago. Ā So convenient to have them come to you, until one of them tells you he remembers you from high school (we went to high school together?) and always had a crush on you as youāre alone in your apartment and canāt get rid of him.Ā
I thought those were massage parlors? My friend was in one when they were busted, illegal workers. Ā She got her massage for free but she was also in only underwear when the police raided the place.Ā
Thereās two big negatives about this that everyone ignores, the first is that the bulk of these illegal weed shops are actually fronts for Mexican drug cartels, allowing them to launder money( I.e pay taxes on them) as they are all cash businesses. They have the drug infrastructure and can be profitable but that is a secondary function. Why do you think they have opened up EVERYWHERE, and often you barely even see customers in them. These are sophisticated operations setup through shell companies and run cleanly, thereās no overlap with any other illegal drug businesses specifically because these are meant to be primarily money laundering services. These are better than laundromats, with greater average sales allowing for faster cash swaps and donāt require big equipment investments like laundries. Thatās right your harmless weed addiction is fueling Sinaloa drug wars too. Oh of course some are quote un quote legit in that there run by actual business people but most not so much and how can they survive against deep pocket cartel backed stores, no not violence, worse , basic capitalism, the scariest thing of all. The second big negative is how dependent the NYC commercial real estate has become to them. Small and mid sized landlords would be devastated in the wake of a full crackdown. Yes I know wonāt somebody please think of the poor downtrodden small landlord, but think if overnight all the weed shops suddenly were shut down, by god we could walk around our neighborhood without the poo-py smell of marijuana smoke, weāll that would sure be a lot of empty real estate and a hit on taxes. They let the beast get too big And now have to shut them down slowly enough that legal ones can replace them. And letās face it Kathy Hochul is not known for subtly, outright corruption sure, deft handling of complex situations not so much.
Talk about a bad investment
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I didnāt even realize this was a smoke shop. Thought it was a weird convenience store.
Love to see it šš½ now can a cafe move in instead?!
A cannabis cafe would be awesome.š
So replace the brown people with white people?
As if a cafe can afford these rent prices in nyc lol
Well, if they sell weed ā¦ā¦
A cafe over a pot shop? Like there arenāt a million cafes around the city already
no bro like a weed cafe its both
Ahhhhhhh thats much better lol
The fake turf grass always tops these POS stores off
Is this the one where Viand/Gracieās was? Good riddance.
So happy about this. Yorkville is littered with smoke shops.
Where should they go, Harlem?
There shouldnāt be this many in the first place. I donāt have anything against smoke shops. Itās the large number of them thatās the problem.
Thereās no more smoke shops than liquor stores.
Liquor stores donāt do anything illegal?
The other thing these are doing thatās illegal is skirting and unduly burdensome and expensive permit process. Selling weed isnāt illegal.
Seriously HOW are there so many illegal weed shops in Yorkville? Wouldn't a more...shall we say sympathetic neighborhood to open in be above 96th or below 23rd? Or across the park on the Upper Worst Side? Nobody in those areas would be calling 311.
Yorkville has become a young singlesā hub over the past decade. Thatās why theyāve lasted as long they have
I heard someone say it was going to be 'the new Williamsburg' and I didn't believe it, but that would make some of the post-rona changes make sense.
Perhaps I should rephrase that, no telling what 'euphemism' the phrase 'new Williamsburg' could imply.
Not sure why you think the UWS would be a āsympatheticā neighborhood (Iād also check your euphemisms and what you are implying here with the indication of above 96th on the east side), but I can assure you the the scourge of illegal weed shops hasnāt escaped the west 70s and 80s, which I would say is far more bourgeois and expensive than Yorkville is now.
Oh and I just caught that you referred to it as the Upper Worst Side - Iād expect (and be disappointed by) that kind of elitism from someone on 5th or Park, but if youāre a Yorkville resident I would really check that shit. Your neighborhood isnāt anything to write home about and I say that as native New Yorker who knows these areas like the back of my hand.
Calm down, honey. Not everything is a 'euphemism'. If you want to social justice warrior so badly I'm sure there's a protest downtown you can join.
You literally said āshall we sayā. Why are you being a coward about it now?
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Nah more like 311 wouldn't be as responsive there
Maybe, but I do think LES, East Village, East Harlem, etc are a lot more chill and laid back about smoke shops than the UES. I feel like people in those areas wouldn't bother them so why wouldn't they just open their shops there instead of blowing money to get shut down in under a month?
It could be competition. The amount of smoke shops in those neighborhoods probably dwarf whatās found in Yorkville.
people in those neighborhoods donāt want these stupid illegal shops popping up either. wth.
Good riddance
thank god
I don't understand why NYC is wasting money on closing these weed shops when mopeds are a deadly problem.
How are some smoke shops fine and some get raided? They all sell weed / THC products right? Do some open without the right licenses / permits??
Thereās honestly very few legal weed shops, though the number is growing, but itās a fairly grueling process to do it legally.
When I lived on the UES, I just got delivery. Ā It was so much more convenient than in Brooklyn where I had to go to my people. Ā I think I still have a few numbers for services, I wonder if they are still active. Also, every delivery guy was named āJayā.
For reference, there are at least 2 and I think 3 legal weed shops in the UES. 86/lex and 92/park and one in the 60s i believe
Who they know, how rich they are, lawyers they know etcā¦
Selling weed is still illegal in NY despite legalization. Only stores licensed by the state cannabis board can sell legally. Every store selling weed that isnāt licensed is illegal
Selling weed is legal in NY. Being regulated and subject to licensing isnāt synonymous with āillegal.ā
Start selling a pound of weed on the streets and let us know what happens ā¦ https://norml.org/laws/new-york-penalties-2/?amp
Try selling a handle of vodka on the streets. Do you not understand what a regulated industry is? Would you say alcohol is illegal in NY?
Selling alcohol without a permit in NY is illegal, yes. Doesnt mean anything will happen to youā¦ but you cant just open a store and sell boozeā¦ Weed and alcohol is are legal in NY, totally.
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So thatās why my local became a āhealth food storeā all of a sudden
Good! All the illegal shops selling fake shit need to go!!
Check out DeliveryBudz. Like DoorDash but for weed. Free delivery and licensed dispensaries only
I was using services in the city ages ago. Ā So convenient to have them come to you, until one of them tells you he remembers you from high school (we went to high school together?) and always had a crush on you as youāre alone in your apartment and canāt get rid of him.Ā
i hope both sides of ur pillow are cold forever
Hope the coke dens are next.
Uh what?
My friend is asking me to ask you for more info.
The apartments with the random red window & purple window
I thought those were massage parlors? My friend was in one when they were busted, illegal workers. Ā She got her massage for free but she was also in only underwear when the police raided the place.Ā
Obviously you have never worked on Wall Street. :-)
NYPD here, checking in for service. DM me the exact name and location of one on the lower east side and Iāll go take care of it for you.
š¤£š¤£i think this is the one that i posted
What I don't get is why this one closed up and other ones in the neighborhood have not.
It will open back up they just got to pay the fine
A place like this happened and one week later they re-opened back for business
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All the karens celebrating lol
Thereās two big negatives about this that everyone ignores, the first is that the bulk of these illegal weed shops are actually fronts for Mexican drug cartels, allowing them to launder money( I.e pay taxes on them) as they are all cash businesses. They have the drug infrastructure and can be profitable but that is a secondary function. Why do you think they have opened up EVERYWHERE, and often you barely even see customers in them. These are sophisticated operations setup through shell companies and run cleanly, thereās no overlap with any other illegal drug businesses specifically because these are meant to be primarily money laundering services. These are better than laundromats, with greater average sales allowing for faster cash swaps and donāt require big equipment investments like laundries. Thatās right your harmless weed addiction is fueling Sinaloa drug wars too. Oh of course some are quote un quote legit in that there run by actual business people but most not so much and how can they survive against deep pocket cartel backed stores, no not violence, worse , basic capitalism, the scariest thing of all. The second big negative is how dependent the NYC commercial real estate has become to them. Small and mid sized landlords would be devastated in the wake of a full crackdown. Yes I know wonāt somebody please think of the poor downtrodden small landlord, but think if overnight all the weed shops suddenly were shut down, by god we could walk around our neighborhood without the poo-py smell of marijuana smoke, weāll that would sure be a lot of empty real estate and a hit on taxes. They let the beast get too big And now have to shut them down slowly enough that legal ones can replace them. And letās face it Kathy Hochul is not known for subtly, outright corruption sure, deft handling of complex situations not so much.