A judge in Queens has ruled that the city shutting down a cannabis shop that was operating without a license was unconstitutional.
The decision calls into serious question Mayor Eric Adams' enforcement program, Operation Padlock to Protect. That operation has closed down some 1,000 stores without cannabis licenses.
A state supreme court judge ruled that a business on Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens that was shut down was denied due process and that the program that allowed the sheriff to decide whether to keep the store closed for up to a year is unconstitutional.
An attorney for the plaintiff says the decision will allow every store that has been shut down to reopen immediately and to sue for damages associated with the closing of the store.
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