Monday, October 23, 2023

Queens gets the reefer: Pot shop opens across the street from Queens Borough Redundancy Donnie Richards' office

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 NY Post

An illegal pot shop has brazenly opened up across from Queens’ civic hub — including its borough hall, DA’s office and state courthouse — and a store worker says the locale is totally awesome for business.

The site, which still has an old COVID-testing-center awning over it, opened about a week ago, the employee told The Post on Sunday — just a few months after Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature approved a tougher law to crack down on such illicit shops.

The store — steps away from the busy Kew Gardens Union Turnpike subway stop serving Queens Boulevard’s E and F lines — was serving up such cannabis-infused goodies as cherry limeade “Punch Gummies” on Sunday.

“We get customers from the DA’s office, from the court — I mean, I don’t know for sure, but they come from that way in suits, where else would they be from?” said a worker named Moe, who didn’t give his last name but added that his uncle owns the shop.

“We get people who have to go into court. If someone has court, they’ll go there and come here after to de-stress,” said Moe, adding that he moved to the city from Detroit to work at the shop, which has been doing brisk business and which his uncle claimed it was fully licensed.

 he employee boasted about the shop’s ideal location as he nonchalantly allowed photos to be taken of its displays of cannabis edibles, flowered marijuana and other THC-infused products.

“If you're near transportation, you'll do good. We’re near two bus stops, two train stations. I’m the first [pot shop] people see when they get off,” Moe said. 

He said he texted his uncle to see if he would respond to questions from The Post. The owner declined, Moe said.

There are 26 licensed cannabis shops in the Empire State, including 11 in New York City — and not one of which is located at the Queens site.

Another tell-tale sign that the weed dispensary is unlicensed is that all of its packages up for sale had a California stamp. Legal weed products sold in New York are manufactured here and must have an official New York stamp.   

“Nobody cares anymore,” lamented Alex Najjar, who owns the All Star News Stand next to the unlicensed pot shop.

“They just call it a ‘smoke shop,’ get the license for cigarettes and then sell whatever. Nobody checks. Nobody enforces it,” said Naijar, who has owned his newstand for 16 years.

He said he pays a hefty annual fee to sell cigarettes at his stand and that it bothers him that a shop can just shrug off the law.

“It makes me feel like, why should I pay my fee for the year when I can just sell anything I want and no one cares?” Naijar said.

The fact that the weed store kept the covid testing site sign up considering what a big pharma vaccine and vaccine mandate shill Donnie was is the most delicious irony of all. 

 

40 comments:

Anonymous said...

More good news for Queens.

Anonymous said...

This is what you get when you vote mentally ill Progressives into office. Folks you voted for this. There are no consequences for breaking the law anymore. Theses asswipes will legalize heroin and crack soon if they can tax it to make it seem more equitable. The street dealers will always undercut the state sponsored dealers. Pretty soon the state will run out of things to tax and the air you breathe maybe next.

Ned said...

I don't understand this.
Why make it easier for already stupid people to attain a drug that only makes them more stupid, more lazy, and a menace on our roadways?
Why does anybody want a drug that makes them spaced out and "out of it" Every pot smoker I know (aside one guy with cancer in which case pot smoking gave him the cancer) are the worse dumb stupid broke ass lazy bastards I know. Every single one of them!!

To add all these vegans, queers in spandex and such on bicycles using this shit are causing traffic accidents, and this lousy behavior is sending my truck and cars insurance rates through the roof.
The government needs to tax the shit out of this garbage to cover the cancer, problems and other damage it going to cause.
I hear of enough problems collecting rent from these broke ass hipshitz, now give them access to this shit is insane.
No hope now, They're are all going to end up on the government welfare tit for life.
Why would the already near bankrupt government want this?


-Ned
www.nra.org

Kitara said...

The war on drugs has been the biggest failure in modern history. Making plants illegal helped the prison industry and nobody else.
Legalize it all. It's safer than alcohol.

Anonymous said...

NY Post? Obviously fake news. Next ...

Anonymous said...

Some unhinged right wing nuts that post here regularly could use that stuff before they explode with rage.

Unhappy Camper said...

Bojangles smoka da green. Bojangles dance, dance, dance.

laws are foh da udder peoples.
we wanna be dum, dum, dum
smoka da green and shaduppa u face

Anonymous said...

The likelihood of this place being shut down is just as remote as the GOP finding any real evidence against Joe Biden.
Not sad …

Anonymous said...

Let's hope the "anti-regulation" right don't want to regulate this.

Anonymous said...

The lazy, lower 50% will always want to take the productivity from the ambitious, harder working, upper 50%.

Anonymous said...

If the government mandated eating pizza, how good would the pizza be?

Anonymous said...

@Ned
I see why you’re angry. More weed, less school shootings. Not good for NRA gun fetish types.

Anonymous said...

Where are all the unhinged right wing nuts ?
I never meet one...

Anonymous said...

@ "It's safer than alcohol" You are gullible and very naive. Sad...

Anonymous said...

@"Obviously fake news" Like RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA

Anonymous said...

@“ There are no consequences for breaking the law ”

True, TrumpTurd an his crime gang are still on the loose.

Anonymous said...

Another fascist tirade from the NRA nut job, Ned.
Your car and truck insurance has gone up because of incompetent car and truck drivers, not spandex clad cyclists. You seem to be obsessed with spandex?
Take a chill pill and relax before you hurt someone.

Anonymous said...

@“ Some unhinged right wing nuts that post…”

I see what you mean.

Anonymous said...

Get a joint and a 7th jab !

Anonymous said...

It's closed already - happy now?

Anonymous said...

@"..Like RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA"

Take a hike, commie Russian Troll!

Anonymous said...

@"Bojangles smoka da green. Bojangles dance, dance, dance."

Someone here needs to go back to school and learn a little basic American!
Obviously a Trump voter.
Sad ...

Anonymous said...

@"ou are gullible and very naive. Sad..."

So says the resident lush.

Anonymous said...

@"So says the resident lush" I dont' care what the troll says....

You are really smart dog shit breath and can't debate the any issues here.

Ned said...

Quote: "Your car and truck insurance has gone up because of incompetent car and truck drivers, not spandex clad cyclists"

WRONG!
90% of car on car accidents are fender benders under $5000
90% of car on bike accidents are death, crushed legs, serious injury's that result in the cyclist having damage for life or death.
New York is a socialist no fault automobile insurance state. A crushed leg or pelvis will cost a car owners insurance near $500,000, not including the pain & suffering lawsuits that follow.
If you owned a car, a home took a real business class, took a drivers safety & education class most insurance company's provide for free, you would likely know all this.

People using bikes on roadways with cars, need to buy 1 million dollar insurance.
Car and truck owners should not be paying for these broke ass freeloaders, especially when they lose a life, leg, broken spine whatever due to their own stupidity and negligence.

A bicycle, tiny head helmut, e-scooter, spandex protection garments is no match for 3,800 pound or more car, bus or truck. Your going to get squished, mashed or maimed!!!
Its simple risk factor & physics the greenheads, hipsters and freaks know nothing about because the liberals running all the schools and colleges don't teach that or common sense.
Result? Most your Greenheads, Millennials and people under 30 are all stupid!
So stupid they actually listen to people like AOC and vote democrat !!

-Ned
www.nra.org

Anonymous said...

Fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Lazy Pothead parents make lazy Pothead kids and lazy Pothead kids make lazy Pothead grandkids and lazy Pothead grandkids make their friends lazy, Potheads etc, etc, etc.

Anonymous said...

Here you go snowflakes, I dedicate this truth to your pain. May it awaken you all from the woke mind virus.
https://rumble.com/v1k87zz-ha-ha.html

Anonymous said...

@"You are really smart dog shit breath and can't debate the any issues here."

Typical right-wing nut. All they got is hate and divisiveness.
Sad ...

Anonymous said...

@"TrumpTurd"
FORGOT TO TAKE YOUR HEAD MEDICATION AGAIN HUH ?

Anonymous said...

@“ You are really smart dog shit breath…”

Take a hike, Troll!

Kitara said...

I remember the good old days when real Americans were against government regulation. Now all I hear is close down this, close down that, you need a license to ride A bike.
What next, a license to push a baby stroller? Illegal to sell flowers or anything green?
Anti fun nazis !!!

GopGeorge said...

regulating small business owners like this is what’s killing America.

Anonymous said...

Liberal Democrats running NYC into a 3rd world country.

Anonymous said...

@"So says the resident lush"
Can you come back with something better troll ?

Anonymous said...

@Ned RE: "So stupid they actually listen to people like AOC and vote democrat !!"

She's a helluva a lot smarter than you, Ned. She's also much better than 95% of Democrats, including our local Meng the Merciless.
That would make her better than 100% of the TrumpTurd party.
And she's hot!

Anonymous said...

Time for @NRA Ned to get some driving lessons. Let's hope his shooting is better than his driving.

Disgruntled Citizen said...

Not for nothing - but y’all must be smoking that junk. The place is closed as in shut down and the door is locked. The party’s over.

Anonymous said...

@"And she's hot" Are you Wibur from Mister Ed ?

Anonymous said...

@"Liberal Democrats running NYC into a 3rd world country."

So says a pro regulation, anti freedoms commie. Why don't you move to communist China?

Anonymous said...

@"FORGOT TO TAKE YOUR HEAD MEDICATION AGAIN HUH ?"

Are you speaking to TrumpTurd? I'm not sure if he reads this.

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