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Covid-
19: New Long Island Pop-Up Vaccination Sites To Open
A pair of new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are being set up on Long Island this week to provide first doses to thousands of New Yorkers. Those sites are: Nassau County: Freeport Recreation Center on East Merrick Roa on Thursday, Feb 25 Suffolk County: La Espiguita Soccer on Brentwood Road in Brentwood on Friday, Feb. 26 They are among a dozen new community-based pop-up vaccination sites coming online this week at churches, community centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers in downstate New York to “bolster the state’s commitment to ensuring fairness and equity in the…
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Covid-
19: Legal Recreational Pot Now Unlikely To Be In State Budget
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed another victim - at least for now: the possibility of legalized cannabis in New York. It’ll likely be at least a year before marijuana is legalized in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. With the deadline for the state’s budget coming up this week, Cuomo said he doubted he would be able to get it done in time, as his efforts and resources have been spent battling the spread of the virus throughout the state. “It’s not likely,” Cuomo said. “Too much, too little time.” Cuomo has long supported legalizing marijuana, which would be another revenue sourc…
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Marijuana Could Be Legalized In New York Within Weeks
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making the rounds as he prepares for the legalization of marijuana in the Empire State. Cuomo announced he would be taking trips to California, Colorado, Illinois and Massachusetts, all states where cannabis is legal for recreational use, to educate himself as he pushes for legalization. The governor said he will meet with officials in those states to discuss what worked and what didn’t work during the lead up to the legalization of marijuana. Cuomo has previously stated he wants legalization passed by state officials before April 1, when the state budge…