By Spectrum News Staff
Under a new law, landlords can be fined up to $10,000 if they knowingly rent out commercial space to unlicensed marijuana sellers.
The fines are part of a larger citywide push to crack down on illegal smoke shops. There are 8,000 of them throughout the five boroughs, according to City Council data.
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By Spectrum News Staff
City Council Committee on Health chair Lynn Schulman, a Queens Democrat, announced the Council will be proposing a citywide diabetes reduction plan this year.
“It’s something that the city really hasn’t focused on,” Schulman said. “We need to go into communities with culturally competent education materials.”
The councilmember said the plan will be based on the 90-90-90 strategy developed by the United Nations to tackle the AIDS epidemic.
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