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| N.Y. Today: What Legal Pot Could Mean for New York | N.Y. Today: What Legal Pot Could Mean for New York |
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| It’s Tuesday. | It’s Tuesday. |
| Weather: Chill and bluster, with a high of 39, gusts over 30 miles an hour and wind chills in the low 20s. Zip coat to throat. | Weather: Chill and bluster, with a high of 39, gusts over 30 miles an hour and wind chills in the low 20s. Zip coat to throat. |
| Alternate-side parking: in effect till Christmas. | Alternate-side parking: in effect till Christmas. |
| New York may become the next state to legalize recreational marijuana after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for legalization Monday as one of the main planks of his agenda for early next year. | New York may become the next state to legalize recreational marijuana after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for legalization Monday as one of the main planks of his agenda for early next year. |
| Mr. Cuomo and his fellow Democrats will control state government starting in January, so chances are good this will become law. | Mr. Cuomo and his fellow Democrats will control state government starting in January, so chances are good this will become law. |
| To find out what New York can expect, I talked to Adam Darnell, a researcher at the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, an independent, nonpartisan group. (Washington, along with Colorado, legalized pot way back in 2012.) | To find out what New York can expect, I talked to Adam Darnell, a researcher at the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, an independent, nonpartisan group. (Washington, along with Colorado, legalized pot way back in 2012.) |
| His take: watch for impaired drivers, the black market may not go away, adults may be the only people lame enough to start smoking once it’s legal, and get used to the smell. | His take: watch for impaired drivers, the black market may not go away, adults may be the only people lame enough to start smoking once it’s legal, and get used to the smell. |
| New York officials say that pot could generate half a billion dollars a year in tax revenue. Has Washington State found that revenue lives up to predictions? | New York officials say that pot could generate half a billion dollars a year in tax revenue. Has Washington State found that revenue lives up to predictions? |
| Mr. Darnell: I feel like people are fairly impressed with the revenue that’s been collected. They’re over a billion dollars since the inception of the market, last I checked, and that’s not counting sales tax, business and occupation tax. | Mr. Darnell: I feel like people are fairly impressed with the revenue that’s been collected. They’re over a billion dollars since the inception of the market, last I checked, and that’s not counting sales tax, business and occupation tax. |
| Any safety concerns? | Any safety concerns? |
| There’s a bunch of suggested evidence that more people dying in traffic accidents are found with THC in their blood after legalization than before. Law enforcement will tell you impaired driving with marijuana is a much bigger problem than it was before. | There’s a bunch of suggested evidence that more people dying in traffic accidents are found with THC in their blood after legalization than before. Law enforcement will tell you impaired driving with marijuana is a much bigger problem than it was before. |
| Did marijuana use increase? | Did marijuana use increase? |
| Use among adults has risen. Some new people who weren’t previously using might start. | Use among adults has risen. Some new people who weren’t previously using might start. |
| Has law enforcement been able to reduce its focus on marijuana to concentrate on other crimes? | Has law enforcement been able to reduce its focus on marijuana to concentrate on other crimes? |
| There’s not as many reductions as you might have expected. Tracking the product in the commercial system is very onerous. | There’s not as many reductions as you might have expected. Tracking the product in the commercial system is very onerous. |
| We dedicated money for a Drug Enforcement Task Force to respond to concerns about a possible spike in black market marijuana activity associated with legalization. | We dedicated money for a Drug Enforcement Task Force to respond to concerns about a possible spike in black market marijuana activity associated with legalization. |
| What do you see and smell? | What do you see and smell? |
| Public consumption is a little more conspicuous. In public places, you’re pretty used to catching a whiff of marijuana now. People have just gotten used to it. | Public consumption is a little more conspicuous. In public places, you’re pretty used to catching a whiff of marijuana now. People have just gotten used to it. |
| A partial answer may emerge tonight when at least 16 candidates for New York City public advocate participate in a 7 p.m. forum at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn Heights. | |
| The candidates will be lumped into four groups, and each group will have about 25 minutes to talk. | |
| The public advocate’s duties are murky, the strength of the office is questionable and its funding has shrunk. But two of the four people who have served as public advocate have gone on to bigger things: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Letitia James, who in January becomes the state attorney general. | |
| So the special election to fill out Ms. James’s term has attracted a crowd. The field includes Rosie O’Donnell’s brother, President Barack Obama’s former New York political director, and an activist who famously cursed during a meeting on C-Span. | |
| “It’s hard for me as a big fan of democracy to say there’s too many candidates, but it certainly poses challenges,” said one of tonight’s moderators, Ben Max of The Gotham Gazette. “We have to delicately figure out when to interject.” | |
| The woman who climbed onto the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July to protest the family separations at the Mexican border was found guilty on Monday of three misdemeanors. | The woman who climbed onto the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July to protest the family separations at the Mexican border was found guilty on Monday of three misdemeanors. |
| Therese Okoumou was convicted at a short bench trial in federal court in Manhattan of trespassing, interference with government agency functions and disorderly conduct. She faces imprisonment of up to six months on each charge. | Therese Okoumou was convicted at a short bench trial in federal court in Manhattan of trespassing, interference with government agency functions and disorderly conduct. She faces imprisonment of up to six months on each charge. |
| “I wanted to send a strong statement that children do not belong in cages,” Ms. Okoumou testified during the trial. | “I wanted to send a strong statement that children do not belong in cages,” Ms. Okoumou testified during the trial. |
| Private jet to the Super Bowl: Details of how influence peddlers swayed officers, according to prosecutors, have emerged in a police bribery trial in Manhattan. | Private jet to the Super Bowl: Details of how influence peddlers swayed officers, according to prosecutors, have emerged in a police bribery trial in Manhattan. |
| New Jersey Democrats drop controversial redistricting plan: The move comes after bipartisan criticism. | New Jersey Democrats drop controversial redistricting plan: The move comes after bipartisan criticism. |
| Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn: In a slight reversal of trends in which several art house theaters disappeared, a new movie theater is opening in Brooklyn. | Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn: In a slight reversal of trends in which several art house theaters disappeared, a new movie theater is opening in Brooklyn. |
| Fans of drugs and gore: The El Chapo trial in Brooklyn is drawing spectators from around the country. “Better entertainment than ‘Les Miz,’” raved one. | Fans of drugs and gore: The El Chapo trial in Brooklyn is drawing spectators from around the country. “Better entertainment than ‘Les Miz,’” raved one. |
| Ousted at the Four Seasons: Julian Niccolini, the longtime face of the storied restaurant, had been accused of sexual misconduct. | Ousted at the Four Seasons: Julian Niccolini, the longtime face of the storied restaurant, had been accused of sexual misconduct. |
| Cornell Tech: This graduate school on Roosevelt Island helped make New York appealing to Amazon. | Cornell Tech: This graduate school on Roosevelt Island helped make New York appealing to Amazon. |
| No punishment for officers in baby-grabbing video: But the police commissioner recommended policy changes. [Politico NY] | No punishment for officers in baby-grabbing video: But the police commissioner recommended policy changes. [Politico NY] |
| Knicks sale? To the delight of many fans, the team owner James Dolan said, “I could never say that I wouldn’t consider selling the Knicks.” [ESPN] | Knicks sale? To the delight of many fans, the team owner James Dolan said, “I could never say that I wouldn’t consider selling the Knicks.” [ESPN] |
| Immunize or stay home: City health officials sent letters to yeshiva students about the measles outbreak in Brooklyn. [Bklyner] | Immunize or stay home: City health officials sent letters to yeshiva students about the measles outbreak in Brooklyn. [Bklyner] |
| Good dog, bad owner: A woman tried to pet a dog on a bus in the Bronx and got her face slashed by the dog’s owner. [New York Post] | Good dog, bad owner: A woman tried to pet a dog on a bus in the Bronx and got her face slashed by the dog’s owner. [New York Post] |
| Anti-car carolers: They sang a jingle outside Gracie Mansion. [Streetsblog] | Anti-car carolers: They sang a jingle outside Gracie Mansion. [Streetsblog] |
| A pearl for lunch? He ordered a $14 soup. Inside was a valuable surprise. [New York Post] | A pearl for lunch? He ordered a $14 soup. Inside was a valuable surprise. [New York Post] |
| The Princeton professors Cornel West and Robert P. George discuss freedom of speech on campus at the Sheen Center. 7 p.m. [$22] | The Princeton professors Cornel West and Robert P. George discuss freedom of speech on campus at the Sheen Center. 7 p.m. [$22] |
| Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz talks about the history of land rights and indigenous communities at Cooper Union. 7 p.m. [Free] | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz talks about the history of land rights and indigenous communities at Cooper Union. 7 p.m. [Free] |
| Learn to make Christmas tamales at the Greene Space. 7 p.m. [$25 includes drink and tamale tasting] | Learn to make Christmas tamales at the Greene Space. 7 p.m. [$25 includes drink and tamale tasting] |
| A panel on the mayor’s diversity plan for specialized high schools at the Society for Ethical Culture at noon. [$18] | A panel on the mayor’s diversity plan for specialized high schools at the Society for Ethical Culture at noon. [$18] |
| — Iman Stevenson | — Iman Stevenson |
| Events are subject to change, so double-check before heading out. For more events, see the going-out guides from The Times’s culture pages. | Events are subject to change, so double-check before heading out. For more events, see the going-out guides from The Times’s culture pages. |
| The HOLLAAD TONNEL is history, my colleague Michael Gold reports. | The HOLLAAD TONNEL is history, my colleague Michael Gold reports. |
| For years — maddeningly, to some motorists — the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had put an A-shaped Christmas tree over the N in “Holland” and an O-shaped wreath over the U in “Tunnel” on the big HOLLAND TUNNEL lettering above the tollbooths. | For years — maddeningly, to some motorists — the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had put an A-shaped Christmas tree over the N in “Holland” and an O-shaped wreath over the U in “Tunnel” on the big HOLLAND TUNNEL lettering above the tollbooths. |
| This year there was public outcry. So the Port Authority let the public vote, and last night the authority’s elves moved the tree in front of the more natural-fitting A and removed the wreath covering the U. | |
| The traffic will remain. | The traffic will remain. |
| Dear Diary: | Dear Diary: |
| It was July 1982 and we were on our second date, talking and walking along Sixth Avenue on a warm Saturday night. The Village felt livelier than usual. | It was July 1982 and we were on our second date, talking and walking along Sixth Avenue on a warm Saturday night. The Village felt livelier than usual. |
| We passed a long line of people outside a theater. One of them had a large snake wrapped around his shoulders. | We passed a long line of people outside a theater. One of them had a large snake wrapped around his shoulders. |
| Stopping to admire the snake — or maybe the spunk of the handler — I asked if it had a name. Monty Python, I was told. | Stopping to admire the snake — or maybe the spunk of the handler — I asked if it had a name. Monty Python, I was told. |
| When I turned to see whether my date shared my enthusiasm for the reptile, I scanned the throngs of people filling the sidewalk but I couldn’t find him anywhere. | When I turned to see whether my date shared my enthusiasm for the reptile, I scanned the throngs of people filling the sidewalk but I couldn’t find him anywhere. |
| I began to panic a little. It seemed as though I would soon be catching a cab home by myself since I couldn’t find my date. | I began to panic a little. It seemed as though I would soon be catching a cab home by myself since I couldn’t find my date. |
| Then I spotted him on the corner across the avenue. When we met up, he told me that he was terrified of snakes and that he had run away when he saw Monty Python waiting on the movie line. | Then I spotted him on the corner across the avenue. When we met up, he told me that he was terrified of snakes and that he had run away when he saw Monty Python waiting on the movie line. |
| We’ve been married for 35 years now, and he’s still terrified of snakes. | We’ve been married for 35 years now, and he’s still terrified of snakes. |
| — Cheryl Wachtel | — Cheryl Wachtel |
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