State cracks down on illegal weed shops: See list of 24 closures in Central NY

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This spring, after calling the roll-out of New York’s legal cannabis industry a “disaster,” Gov. Kathy Hochul also promised a new crackdown on the thousands of illegal cannabis shops operating across the state.

That effort has led to the closing of more than 1,000 illegal shops statewide since the end of May, the governor’s office announced last week.