marijuana decriminalization
Cuomo decries the 'extreme' conservatism of the state G.O.P. and its echo in the 'Post'
This morning Governor Andrew Cuomo said that the Republican-led Senate, in opposing marijuana decriminalization, was responding to the "extreme" conservative wing of the state's Republican party, whose views he sometimes sees articulated in the New York Post. More
(2)Bloomberg says pot decriminalization 'will certainly end some of the objections' to stop-and-frisk
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning said that the governor's effort to decriminalize the public possession of small amounts of marijuana, which he publicly supports, is not an olive branch to stop-and-frisk critics, "but it will certainly end some of the objections." More
