NYC Targets Landlords of Unlicensed Stores Selling Marijuana (1)

New York City is escalating its crackdown on illegal marijuana stores, seeking to force landlords to evict the unlicensed shops that have proliferated across the city as state-sanctioned weed retailers begin operating.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Tuesday that he was putting the property owners of 400 unlicensed smoke shops on notice: Evict any tenants that are selling illegal cannabis — or the state will do it for you.

“We have given them plenty of time to clean up their act,” Mayor Eric Adams said at an Upper West Side press conference Tuesday with Bragg and other elected officials. ...