The decision calls into serious question the Mayor Eric Adams' enforcement program, Operation Padlock to Protect. That operation has closed down some 1,000 stores without cannabis licenses.

The decision by Queens Supreme Court Justice Kevin Kerrigan allowing a Queens convenience store to reopen could unravel the city’s entire swaggering effort, dubbed Operation Padlock to Protect ...

Mayor Eric Adams said Operation Padlock to Protect shut down 779 businesses across the five boroughs, issuing $65,671,487 in fines and seizing $41,443,792 worth of products. "For too long ...