More than 100 people crowded into the dispensary in New York City’s East Village, run by the nonprofit Housing Works, a group dedicated to fighting homelessness and AIDS. | AFP
Housing Works was among the first of 36 groups or individuals granted a retail marijuana license on November 21.
The goal is to repair what Hochul described as the unfair and disproportionate impact of decades of prohibition of marijuana, which has affected African American and Hispanic communities. The Housing Works Cannabis Co. dispensary is at a prime location — on Broadway Avenue just north of Astor Place.
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