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NYC illegal pot shop worker boldy defiant as officials question lack of enforcement: 'It's not going to do anything'
The Post was able to identify more than 100 suspected illegal pot shops in short order, just by reaching out to local officials.
Hochul, Adams take victory lap on smoke shops crackdown — but enforcement hasn't even started yet
Hochul said the measures will "weed out the illegitimate shops," so state and city licensed stores can "grow their budding businesses.”
Gopuff promises 'fastest delivery on the planet' of groceries -- and NYC pols vow crackdown
"Gopuff’s announcement shows the importance of why we need to do something and act fast because they are taking advantage of the delay in the government’s [response].”
NYC Council's push to bring back Brooklyn Bridge vendors would undo a quality-of-life win
A NYC Council bill that would allow vendors back on the Brooklyn Bridge after Mayor Adams successfully removed them.
Vendor war: NYC Council eyes blocking Adams' plan to boot rogue hawkers off Brooklyn Bridge
A Manhattan pol is looking to put the kibosh on the Adams administration’s plan to ban vendors from hawking food, booze, souvenirs and other items on Big Apple bridges.
NYC Council members to push law to padlock the hordes of illegal pot shops throughout the Big Apple
City Council members are pushing legislation to make it easier to padlock the hordes of unlicensed pot shops that are choking their neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs.
Pro-pot lawmakers fume they're choking on illegal weed shops
New York lawmakers who championed the 2021 law legalizing the sale of marijuana-- which failed to include tough enforcement measures to discourage illicit peddling -- fumed Monday that their districts...
Beloved NYC spot closed due to damage from rain-soaked festival
A chunk of the Great Lawn in Central Park was so badly damaged during last month's Global Citizen Festival that the beloved greenspace had to close for the season earlier...
Eric Adams is hiding the cost of the city's migrant boondoggle
To learn why it’s a bad idea for Washington to issue a blank check to Mayor Eric Adams to house an unlimited number of migrants, listen to Thursday’s City Council hearing.
NYC Council to grill Adams administration over billions spent on no-bid migrant contracts
New York City Council members are planning to seriously scrutinize billions of dollars in no-bid contracts the Adams administration has doled out to deal with the Big Apple’s massive migrant...
City Council ducks budget vote until after primary election: sources
“The context of the conversation from the speaker’s perspective was telling the mayor: `don’t politicize or use the primary date as a pawn or a source of negotiation in the...
NYC lawmakers maintain ties with convicted child sex abuser who unleashed racist tirade at hearing
City Council members were seen in photos and video of events this months alongside a VOCAL-NY member who spouted anti-Asian slurs in December.
Scofflaws owe NYC $2.1 billion in fines, property bills
Deadbeats owe New York City a staggering $2.1 billion in outstanding bills racked up since fiscal year 2017 for parking, traffic and safety code violations and property-related delinquencies, a new...
UWS apartment dwellers tormented by endless McDonald's smell: 'Like rancid hamburgers'
“So we’ve got French fries at three in the morning. It’s actually more like rancid hamburgers, that’s what it smells like.”
Gillibrand wants to send NYC migrants upstate so cities get federal funds
Gillibrand (D-NY) has floated the idea to City Hall and discussed it with Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday during a closed-door meeting in Washington.
Chancellor Banks finally moving ahead with NYC school budget task force
After nearly two months, Schools Chancellor David Banks is moving forward on a pledge to create a budget task force.
Landmarking lunacy: 'Preserving' the ruins of West-Park Presbyterian
This week Manhattan Community Board 7 voted to oppose the church board's plan to end its landmark status so the building can be sold to a developer for $33 million.
Preservation zealots have a vested interest in UWS church landmark fight
Whether to raze crumbling West-Park Presbyterian Church might not be the easiest call at first glance.
Holy cannoli! Little Italy cut out of $20 million state grant for Chinatown
Civil leaders in Little Italy said they weren't even asked to jointly apply for the state grant.
NYC Council committee to probe monitors, special masters failing city agencies
The City Council will probe how monitors and special masters overseeing city agencies ordered to fix high-stakes failures are doing their jobs.