NYC to Chill out on Under 25 Grams

by metavalent

Bloomberg Backs Plan to Limit Arrests for Marijuana - NYTimes.com

The New York Police Department, the mayor and the city’s top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut down on the number of people arrested as a result of police stops.