Big Chief Fined Almost Six Million Dollars. AG James is Happy. Bay Ridge Gets Nothing.
The NYS Attorney General, Leticia James did a dance today because Big Chief was fined six million dollars.
If you remember, Big Chief was a business on the corner of 74th Street and 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge that was selling cannabis illegally from 2022 to 2023.
Big Chief has been closed for a long time now – NYS shouldn’t have waited so long to fine them.
In July 2023, Governor Hochul said she was going to close the illegal cannabis shops. In August 2023, Big Chief was supposed to close. (Source)
In December 2023, Big Chief was still open because Gov. Hochul and our local politicians did not follow through. In other areas of NYC, politicians accompanied the police and closed the shop. Andrew Gounardes, who voted to legalize weed did nothing. AG James issued this document in December 2023. (See news)
NYS will gobble up any part of the fine that is paid – Bay Ridge won’t see a penny of that money. Some of that money should go to the community where the business was able to operate illegally.
The illegal shops created a mess of our community. How many families left Bay Ridge because these shops were allowed to remain open?
Hugs,
marlene
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