As of September 1st, New Yorkers with no prior record will receive a summons instead of an arrest for smoking marijuana in public. We believe this will lead to ten thousand fewer arrests in the next year.— Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 19, 2018
As of September 1st, New Yorkers with no prior record will receive a summons instead of an arrest for smoking marijuana in public. We believe this will lead to ten thousand fewer arrests in the next year.