The union supports the city's deputy sheriff, who padlocked hundreds of illegal pot shops, and is a high-pending the mayor's former governor's comeback bid.
“If Andrew Cuomo had been in charge, the illegal marijuana store flooding across all five boroughs would not have been tolerated,” Ingrid Simonovich of the New York City Deputy Sheriff's Charity Association said Tuesday.
Cuomo approved the law as governor in March 2021, legally legalizing the sale of marijuana for recreational use in New York.
He resigned from the state's top job around a number of sexual misconduct accusations about five months later.
The state's new cannabis regulatory agency's infrastructure and emerging industry rollout has led to many illegal pot shops flooding areas before licensed pharmacies get off the ground.
The issue has led to a massive crackdown on illegal stores by Mayor Eric Adams, who seized illegal cannabis products.
Simonovich also realised that the deputy sheriff's union contract with the city had expired three years ago and that he was unable to negotiate anything new with the Adams administration, resulting in “low staffing levels and low morale.”
“Our city is in crisis, and every day our deputy sheriff works every day at the forefront of the fight to improve our overall quality of life,” Cuomo said in a statement.
“We owe these brave men and women a debt of gratitude for everything they do to serve our city. I look forward to working with them as a key ally in our efforts to enforce all New York civil laws that begin at the moment they are sworn in as mayor.”
The NYC Sheriff's Office has implemented court orders and enforces laws against illegal cigarettes and cannabis products.
However, the firm's marijuana law enforcement is not without controversy.
In September, the city's Bureau of Investigation began an investigation into the sheriff's office's handling of cash attacks from illegal pot shops.
The Sheriff's Office is also accused of a closed store that does not sell marijuana.
Cuomo will face incumbent Adams, city councillor Adrian Adams, city councillor Adrian Adams, city director Brad Lander, former City director Scott Stringer, socialist national legislator Zoran Mamdani, state Sen. Jessica Ramos and Zellner Millie Millie Tilson.
