Weed Has Been Sold Illegally in Bay Ridge for Over a Year. Today Brannan Says He is Going to Do Something
Today, Justin Brannan commented about the illegal weed shops on social media. (See here) It was strange to see his comment because Brannan failed to do anything about the illegal weed shops for over a year!
In 2021, Senator Andrew Gounardes voted in favor of legalizing marijuana without making sure there was a plan in place to begin this program in NYC. (See bill)
Last Spring, smoke shops opened all over our neighborhood and started to sell cannabis. Justin Brannan and Andrew Gounardes did nothing. Their base wants to buy cannabis. In March, Councilman Brannan responded “One Love” to this comment:
Some Bay Ridge residents went into the smoke shops and investigated. They were shocked that stores were selling cannabis and edibles, even though they didn’t have a license. As a result, a few stores were closed for the day, but opened the following day. (See here)
Some young teens were able to purchase weed in Bay Ridge because of Andrew Gounardes’ carelessness. It has to be very tempting for children because these shops are all over the neighborhood. In November 2022, the Captain of the 68th Precinct said there were 22 shops in this area. (See here)
A few smoke shops were raided, but most still remain open.
In June, Kathy Hochul told us that she was going to have the stores selling cannabis illegally fined and the landlords of these shops fined as well. (Source) We haven’t seen her have any stores closed in our neighborhood since Governor Hochul’s announcement.
Unfortunately, police officers don’t have a tool to measure how high someone is when there is a car accident. The police can check how much alcohol someone consumed with a breathalyzer test.
At this beginning of this month, Andrew Gounardes moved his office out of this neighborhood.
In November, please vote Justin Brannan out of office for gaslighting our community.
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Hugs,
marlene
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