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Lincoln High School Students Terrorize Businesses and Residents on Brighton Beach Block

Entrance to a building, where Lincoln High School students gathered. Courtesy of a resident.BRIGHTON BEACH – For residents and storekeepers on one Neptune Avenue block between Ocean Parkway and Brighton 3rd Street, being close to Lincoln High School has been an unrelenting disaster. Massive groups of students, often high on

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Councilmember Espinal Wants Marijuana Tax for NYCHA, Bail Programs—Not The Subway

In response to a new study calling for the taxation of legalized marijuana to help fund the spiraling MTA, one Brooklyn politician has called the proposal “misguided” and “tone deaf,” arguing that the money should be used to help communities disproportionately impacted by drug enforcement. “The money from legalizing marijuana

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Is Marijuana Legal Now? Not Quite… What The Mayor’s Announcement Means

For most New Yorkers, smoking marijuana in public will now result in a ticket instead of an arrest (Photo by dankdepot/Flickr)Yesterday, Mayor Bill de Blasio formally announced a long-expected change in New York City’s policing policy towards marijuana smoking in public—instead of getting arrested, violators will

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Despite Recent Arrests, Neighbors Say Police Neglect Has Allowed Homecrest Playground To Become A Haven For Brazen Criminal Activity

Homecrest Playground. (Photo: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation)Although cops seized a sizable amount of pills and pot during a traffic stop this week near Homecrest Playground, neighbors say the local precinct’s neglect of the park, near Homecrest Avenue and Shore Parkway, has allowed it to

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Amending Archaic Law Won’t Turn City Into The Big Reefer

Source: Hupu2 via Wikimedia Commons“…Legalize it, yeah yeah, that’s the best thing you can do” – Peter Tosh, “Legalize It,” 1975 BETWEEN THE LINES: Start spreading the news — the times they are a-changing and New Yorkers will soon be a little less anxious about getting high with a

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Neighbors Tackle The ‘Politics Of Weed’ This Sunday

The Brooklyn district attorney’s recent announcement that his office would no longer prosecute first-time offenders arrested for low-level misdemeanor marijuana possession has generated much discussion throughout the five boroughs about the city’s marijuana laws, from the amount of resources spent on pot arrests to the role race plays

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Check Out This Revealing Exchange Between Senators Savino, Golden On Medical Marijuana

Source: smokershighlife/FlickrThe bill legalizing medical marijuana passed the State Senate Health Committee on Tuesday, bringing it a step closer to law. While advocates, including the bill’s sponsor, Senator Diane Savino, celebrated, Capital New York turned to one of the bill’s main opponents, Senator Marty Golden, for his

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Should Small Amounts Of Marijuana In Public View Be Decriminalized?

Newly inaugurated Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson first announced back in October his intention to decriminalize up to 15 grams of marijuana “in public view” (as opposed to in one’s apartment, for instance), issuing only fines instead of necessitating arrests and prosecution. Now that Governor Cuomo has moved toward

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Diane Savino Says Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal “A Great First Step”

State Senator Diane Savino (Source: Thomas Good via Wikimedia Commons)State Senator Diane Savino, who represents parts of Coney Island, Gravesend, Brighton Beach and Bensonhurst, thinks highly of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to get groovy with medical marijuana. News came of Cuomo’s change of heart – he previously said

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Medical Marijuana Measure On Hold For Another Year

State Senator Diane Savino (Source: Thomas Good via Wikimedia Commons)State Senator Diane Savino’s effort to legalize medical marijuana failed to gain traction in the New York State Senate. Capital New York is reporting that Savino, who represents parts of Coney Island, Gravesend and Brighton Beach, blamed the failure

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Bloomberg Calls Medical Marijuana A Hoax

Source: dank depot via flickrMayor Michael Bloomberg blasted medical marijuana advocates like local State Senator Diane Savino, declaring that the whole issue is a manufactured pretense for legalizing the drug. The Huffington Post is reporting that Bloomberg is adamantly opposed to Savino’s efforts to make medical marijuana legal statewide.

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Savino Introduces Medical Marijuana Bill

Senator Diane Savino Source: Thomas Good via Wikimedia CommonsEarlier in the month we reported on State Senator Diane Savino’s plan to introduce a bill that would legalize medical marijuana and, yesterday, Savino, along with Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, made good on her promise, according to a report by the New

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Seen from the Stoop: The Stormy Q and Cat Control

Think you’ve experienced a turbulent ride on the Q train? That’ll be nothing compared to the winter storm that one day bears its name – when the National Weather Center gets past one named Plato, the next storm up gets the single letter Q, which the namer admits is

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Senator Golden Opposes Loosening Marijuana Laws

Source: Hupu2 via Wikimedia CommonsSenator Marty Golden urged caution for Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers as attempts to reduce punishment for carrying small quantities of marijuana move forward. “What is it 25 grams? It’s a lot of pot. I think I’d have some issues with it. I think