NYC Weed Stores That Got Raided by Police Reopen Within 24 Hours
A New York Police Department vehicle.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/BloombergJust a day after New York police and state tax agents raided two locations of the Empire Cannabis Club, the marijuana dispensaries are back in business, showing the challenges of shutting down unlicensed weed stores.
On Wednesday, Empire’s Chelsea location, sandwiched between a vintage poster shop and a Chipotle just north of Google’s Eighth Avenue offices, was open to customers, with air conditioning and hip hop filtering through the sleek store.