Legal weed shops near Nassau Border draws pushback

Name: Legal weed shops near Nassau Border draws pushback
Uploaded: 2025-02-28T22:21:00Z
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Description: A legal cannabis dispensary in Queens is stirring controversy with officials in neighboring Hempstead and North Hempstead, where recreational marijuana sales are banned. Now, Long Island lawmakers are fighting back, pushing for a quarter-mile buffer zone around towns that opted out of New York State’s legal weed program. FOX 5's Jodi Goldberg has the story.

A legal cannabis dispensary in Queens is stirring controversy with officials in neighboring Hempstead and North Hempstead, where recreational marijuana sales are banned. Now, Long Island lawmakers are fighting back, pushing for a quarter-mile buffer zone around towns that opted out of New York State’s legal weed program. FOX 5's Jodi Goldberg has the story.

Posted February 28, 2025 5:21pm EST