Malliotakis and Tannousis Speak Out Against Andrew Gounardes and Mathylde Frontus’ Vote For Marijuana to Be Sold in Bay Ridge
If you weren’t aware there are 22 smoke shops in Bay Ridge now. Most can’t sell tobacco because they don’t have a license.
Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus voted for the bill that legalizes the sale of pot.
Neither Gounardes or Frontus did anything to limit the number of stores selling it in a community. The community was surprised when Deputy Inspector Tolson told Bay Ridge there are 22 shops last week.
Tannousis was concerned because marijuana is accessible illegally to the public. He also didn’t like that the location of the store was near places that children visited. Listen here:
Yesterday, I joined @NMalliotakis in Bay Ridge in asking that our state and city government address illegal pot shops. In fact, there is an illegal pot shop that is operating only a few feet away from a local Bay Ridge elementary school. pic.twitter.com/CL46GrvqYe
— Mike Tannousis (@MikeTannousis) October 29, 2022
The 68th Precinct can’t monitor all of these stores. And the Citizen App has shown that there have been a lot robberies at the smoke shops or fights outside the smoke shops.
Some of these smoke shops have already started selling pot.
Yesterday, I joined @NMalliotakis in Bay Ridge in asking that our state and city government address illegal pot shops. In fact, there is an illegal pot shop that is operating only a few feet away from a local Bay Ridge elementary school. pic.twitter.com/CL46GrvqYe
— Mike Tannousis (@MikeTannousis) October 29, 2022
Nicole Malliotakis and Mike Tannousis spoke outside of St. Anselm about how this bill that Gounardes and Frontus supported is going to hurt our community.
Even if you supported legalizing the sale of pot, no one needs 22 smoke shops! And if you don’t see someone supporting your need to legalize weed, it probably means they lost someone to drugs.
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Hugs,
marlene
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