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Gov. Kathy Hochul tweaked state law earlier this year to increase the potential fines for unlicensed cannabis sales and bolster enforcement against shops that flout the law. But efforts to shut down these stores have been slow to yield results and are still being “fine-tuned,” state cannabis officials admitted Monday at a hearing on the adult-use market in Albany .
State senators grilled officials on what they would do to improve the process.
“As much as this undermines the legal market, this is also a public health issue, particularly for young people,” said State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who represents the west side of Manhattan.
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“Even at the $20,000-a-day limit, for some of these folks who are owning multiple operations across the city or across the state it is still a cost of doing business at times,” Alexander said.
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