The nonsensical move is the result of a small provision in the state law that kicked off Operation Padlock To Protect, which aims to close illegal pot shops - and also granted the city's sheriff the final call to determine which raided stores can stay open and which must remain closed for up to a year.
A few days or a month we could manage... But a year?" said Abdo Al Saidi, who has owned the Bed-Stuy store for a decade and a half. The loss of his small business may force him to go on welfare.
Even big boosters of Operation Padlock To Protect agree that this part of the law gives the sheriff far too much discretion and power. I think that [state] law has to be changed," said city councilmember Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan).
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