420 with CNW — NYPD Memo Says No Arrests for Adults Smoking Cannabis on Sidewalks
Last week, the New York City police department (“NYPD”) sent out an internal memo clarifying a number of issues after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill legalizing adult-use marijuana. Among other things, the memo indicated that individuals who are at least 21 years old will no longer be liable for an arrest once they smoke marijuana in any place where people are allowed to smoke tobacco. Those places include sidewalks as well as other public spaces. The police department also informed its officers that under the new marijuana law, adults were at liberty to gift cannabis to other adults as…

















