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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  This afternoon, around 2, officers from the NYPD and the Sheriff's Office — including members of the...

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy An unlicensed smoke shop at 166 Avenue B, between 10th Street and 11th Street, didn't last long befor...

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Yesterday afternoon, the Sheriff's Department and NYPD carried out what an officer on the scene call...

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  We heard that several (unlicensed) local smoke shops were busted yesterday by local law enforcement (a m...

As 2024 unfolded, illegal smoke shops closed rapidly in the East Village and around NYC.  The latest casualty is the unmarked place that ope...

On the SW corner of 13th Street and Avenue A, Essentials Marketplace seemingly came out of nowhere and is now up and running... offering t...

Green World Convenience has been closed in recent months next to Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A between Seventh Street and St. Mark...

With photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Law enforcement continues to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops throughout NYC. The most recen...

Buy Me Flowers, an unlicensed cannabis dispensary, closed earlier this summer at 102 E. Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue.  The ...

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Several weeks ago, two smoke shops were robbed near Fourth Street and Avenue B — the Green Apple Smoke S...

Local law enforcement (under the New York City Sheriff's Joint Compliance Task Force) continues to crack down on unlicensed weed/smoke...

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy A multi-agency raid took place today at several unlicensed cannabis shops in the East Village, includin...

Photos by Stacie Joy A smoke shop recently debuted at 226 E. Third St. between Avenue B and Avenue C ... serving a variety of pre-rolls, edi...