Mayor Eric Adams has diagnosed New York City with a chronic problem: too much recreational marijuana.
The criticism is ostensibly fueled by frustration with the smell of marijuana stinking up the streets and public spaces. Still, it is also a swipe at former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed off on legislation legalizing recreational marijuana in 2021 and is now seeking to replace Mr. Adams as mayor in the November election.
“I think it should be relegated to certain areas that you could smoke marijuana, not throughout the entire street, because you do smell it everywhere,” Mr. Adams said on the New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast…