Even the fiery mayor of the megalopolis of New York, Eric Adams, a former police officer, acknowledged in a press release that “The legal cannabis market could be a boon to New York’s economic recovery […] from the increase of tax revenues“.
In an atmosphere of celebration and applause, said Charles King, founder of Housing Works in 1990 “I can’t wait to reinvest the profits to provide essential services (housing and health, ed) to tens of thousands of New Yorkers in need”.
Around him, Manhattan Borough Mayor Mark Levine and New York State Cannabis Management Office Director Chris Alexander bought, moved, cannabis-containing products: dried plants, e-cigarettes or gummies.
It has been legal for an adult over the age of 21 to consume cannabis in New York State for more than a year, and in its main city, the smell of weed has invaded the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The city counts on 1.3 billion dollars sales from 2023 and from 19,000 to 24,000 creations byjobs in three years.
