The dispensary will be known as Union Square Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store.
According to the press materials, the Doe Fund owns the dispensary, "a nonprofit that has served justice-involved individuals previously criminalized by cannabis prohibition." (Read more about the Doe Fund here.)
Initial operating hours (after today) will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday-Thursday, with an 11 p.m. close Friday and Saturday.
The Housing Works Cannabis Co. store — New York's first legal recreational marijuana market — opened to great fanfare in late December on Broadway at Eighth Street in a former Gap retail space. The second space debuted on Bleecker Street on Jan. 24. Another legal dispensary is expected to open on Third Street near the Bowery this spring.
Meanwhile, Mayor Adams and DA Bragg are cracking down on illegal storefront operations by targeting the landlords.
Why so many of these dispensaries in our neighborhood? What will santa con look like this year with these stores around? Is there going to be a dispensary crawl?
ReplyDeleteThere goes the neighborhood, seriously. This is a shit-load of these shops (b/c more are surely to come), and it's clear they'll be centered in this area - and the question is WHY?
ReplyDeleteHow about putting a few of these just off Park Avenue in the 60's or 70's, or off Central Park West, similarly? How about Madison Avenue? Or maybe right near Gracie Mansion?
Let's spread the "wealth" if, in fact, these shops are such a wonderful idea.
There’s are actually tons of illegal ones on the Upper East Side. 2 on some blocks - mostly empty
DeleteWhere did you think they were going to be?
ReplyDeleteI'd rather have a bunch of Santas peacefully sitting eating endless nacho bowls than wandering around smashed, wouldn't you?
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why all of these shops are in the village since the city or state is supposed to be keeping an eye on equity. Shouldn't they be spreading the wealth and opportunity to other parts of the city? The rents on these downtown properties must be very high!
ReplyDelete@10:04AM: I thought they would be put in different neighborhoods - you know, like, DISTRIBUTED around the city.
ReplyDeleteWhere did YOU think they would be put? And do you agree that the East Village is now the de facto center for getting drunk, getting high, and behaving any which way? What did this neighborhood do to deserve being made over the way it has been these past 10-15 years, without any consideration of (nor input from) the actual residents who live here 24/7/365?
And now everyone wishes the fro-yo shops were back.
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace George McDonald who started the DOE fund. He really did help the houseless. You commentors have no idea about how effective this organization has been for decades and how many they really helped get back on their feet.. If you are saying BS about this new shop DO NOT COMPLAIN about houseless tent cities in the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteDOE fund good very very good in fact! the East Village becoming a waste((d)land bad very very very bad actually living here is really getting depressing (been here 50 years) seems that unless you own a bar, over priced cafe, illegal pot shop, expensive restaurant or market rent/big money condo project buildings, City officials,Cops and others paid/elected to protect us just don't either know how to do their jobs judging this by their actions or lack of them they've shown us they only care about commerce with zero regard for residents it's pathetic how quickly CB3 and others have tuned the area into a haven for tourists/students/temp short term residents/make a buck carpetbagger corp types shame RIP East Village it's now Bourbon Street and no in a good way
ReplyDeleteDon’t drag New Orleans into this lol. The French Quarter Historic District is very well preserved. The average age of a bar on Bourbon or Jazz is 76 years, most much, much older. We don’t deal with tourist traps and brightly lit fake weed stores. (Btw people you can just order fake ‘delta 8’ weed online in bulk. Open your own store if you want, lol!)
DeleteYour 100% correct 7:58AM apologies to the great city of New Orleans! in the moment was at a loss for how to describe the situation our elected and appointed officials coupled with a decline in community involvement have allowed what's happened and happening to the LES and East Village the comparison was done in haste and not an accurate one
ReplyDeletewhat's happening to the neighborhood is actually beyond compare