Bay Ridge residents voted down the applications for two legal cannabis dispensaries in the area at a recent Community Board 10 meeting.
Photo by Adam Daly
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Two applications to operate legal cannabis dispensaries in Bay Ridge received a resounding no from the locals who showed up to a public hearing Monday, in what was a referendum on cannabis use in the neighborhood.
Community Board 10’s Police and Public Safety Committee passed a motion on June 10 recommending the disapproval of the two applicants’ request to operate adult-use cannabis dispensaries on 3rd Avenue because of their proximity to schools and houses of worship, following strong objection from those in attendance.
A Bay Ridge resident of 30 years, Chase Landau, told the crowd at Monday’s meeting that he has to chase people away from his home everyday because they are smoking cannabis.
“I can’t sit in my backyard without smelling it, I can’t walk out my door,” he said. “Imagine what we will have to do if they [the dispensaries] are on Third Avenue. This is not good for the community.