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FILE - A person exhales while smoking marijuana outside the Housing Works Cannabis Co., New York's first legal cannabis dispensary at 750 Broadway in Noho on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in New York. Licensed sellers in the city, say they're already seeing big increases in sales as illegal shops close down around them. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)
FILE - A man enters as another leaves a store with an "Illicit Cannabis Seized" notice posted by inspectors in the window, Friday, June 23, 2023, in New York. The estimated 2,000 illegal shops in New York City still dwarf the 150 opened statewide. But licensed sellers in the city say they're already seeing big increases in sales as illegal shops close down around them. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
FILE — Pedestrians walk by a licensed cannabis shop, Feb. 28, 2024, in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York. Licensed sellers in the city, like ConBud Cannabis Dispensary, say they're already seeing big increases in sales as illegal shops close down around them. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
A New York City Sheriff's Department padlock secures Spark & Brew, an illegal cannabis shop, in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The estimated 2,000 illegal shops in New York City still dwarf the 150 opened statewide. But licensed sellers in the city say they're already seeing big increases in sales as illegal shops close down around them. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
A New York City Sheriff's Department padlock secures Spark & Brew, an illegal cannabis shop, in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. For several years, local law enforcement weren't allowed to close illegal pot shops without a protracted legal battle. But a new state law allows the sheriff's department to padlock stores quickly, and keep them closed in most cases while stores appeal. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
FILE — A notice from the Office of Cannabis Management is posted in the window of a closed shop, on New York's Upper West Side, June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
FILE — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference regarding the proliferation of illegal cannabis stores, Feb. 28, 2024, in New York. For several years, local law enforcement weren't allowed to close illegal pot shops without a protracted legal battle. But a new state law allows the sheriff's department to padlock stores quickly, and keep them closed in most cases while stores appeal. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)