Thursday's parting shots

Today at 4:20 p.m., the state's first legal retail pot dispensary — run by the nonprofit Housing Works Cannabis Co. — opened its doors on Broadway at Eighth Street on Astor Place. 

Multiple EVG readers shared photos of the epic lines, which stretched back to Lafayette Street...

The Housing Works store is the first and only one with the state’s official seal for cannabis dispensaries. 

After today, the shop is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

New York's first legal sale of recreational weed took place in a dispensary in Manhattan on Thursday, just meeting deadline to open a store in 2022. Housing Works Cannabis Co. is the first and only licensed dispensary to open in the state this year.https://t.co/yoPqNxRHzz

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 29, 2022

Top photo by @unitof; second photo by Steven

Housing Works’ Keith D. Cylar Health Center back open on East 9th Street

From the EV Grieve inbox...

Dear Neighbors, Friends and Community partners:

Housing Works’ Keith D. Cylar Health Center is now reopened, after being closed all of last week due to Hurricane Sandy. The center is in Zone A so we were ordered to evacuate and therefore suspend services.

Today we are open and ready to serve again. Our full-fledged medical facility offers primary care to anyone regardless of HIV status, insurance or ability to pay (sliding scale fees will be offered). Our new Cylar House Behavioral Health Clinic offers long-term psychotherapy, crisis intervention, psychiatric services, and other mental health services and accepts most insurance, but will also service local residents regardless of HIV status or ability to pay (sliding scale fees will be offered).

We want to thank all of our staff who worked to get our center up again, in order to support the community and prevent our community members from going another day without receiving lifesaving services.

If you have any questions about our services, please contact us: 743-749 East 9th St.
212-677-7999 ext. 4202

Primary Care Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm

Behavioral Health Clinic Hours: Monday—Thursday: 7am-7pm, Friday: 7am-6pm