WANTED for AN Assault in front of 133 Avenue A,. #Manhattan @NYPD9pct on 12/31/22 @ 10:10 AM After a verbal dispute an individual stabbed the victim in the head and torso before fleeing northbound on Avenue A on foot Reward up to $3500 Call 1-800-577-TIPS Calls are CONFIDENTIAL! pic.twitter.com/4as7vPjsWv
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) January 3, 2023
[P]er New York's Office of Cannabis Management, the era of the weed bodega — the tacky, snack-filled corner-store purveyor, like the regular bodega's stoner cousin — is about to be over. Instead, the state's legal weed retailers will be subject to an extremely long list of regulations that includes rules on everything from location to security to aesthetics.The compliance requirements will undoubtedly be onerous and expensive for many of the operators vying for licenses, but the décor rules in particular seem designed to kill the gray-market upstarts that flooded the city in the beautiful, wild period between decriminalization and the rollout of official licenses.It's as if regulators walked into a humble weed bodega — Cloudy Vibez, Weed 4 U, Kannabis Korner — and banned everything they saw: "cartoons," "bubble-type or other cartoon-like font," "bright colors," "neon," the terms "candy" or "candies," "kandy" or "kandeez," and "symbols, images, characters, public figures, phrases, toys, or games" commonly marketed to people under 21.Also barred are signs or business names "depicting cannabis, cannabis products, or the imagery or action of smoking or vaping." As the city begins to enforce these rules in earnest, the welcoming visage of a rasta Alvin the Chipmunk will begin to disappear from our streetscape.
The task force is led by the sheriff's office — the enforcement arm of the city's Department of Finance — and also includes the police department, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, and the state Office of Cannabis Management.Mayor Eric Adams announced the creation of the task force in mid-December. In a two-week span, officials said at the time, the task force had inspected 53 storefronts across the city and seized more than 100,000 illegal products worth about $4 million. Officials also issued 500 civil violations and 66 criminal summonses over that time, Sheriff Anthony Miranda said. All told, the city has conducted 248 store inspections, including 23 in December, through Dec. 29.
The show: Spanning 10 years of cartooning, Today showcases a collection from New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell about the little things. From small talk to mundane thoughts, Campbell's cartoons, paintings and more focus on finding hilarity in everyday life.The book: This illustrated six-month journal helps you find joy, curiosity and your screaming inner voice, with prompts for things you've done, seen, felt and heard each day. Instead of being focused on productivity, the journal is like a retroactive to-do list, inviting you to be naturally creative by writing down the sometimes mundane, sometimes silly, but always interesting parts of your day-to-day life.
