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Chair Epstein on MRTA legalization and the illegal cannabis market undermining legal sellers

New York City Council · Sep 9, 2026 · starts 0:00:50 · 18 sec

Epstein discusses the 2019-2020 Albany effort to legalize cannabis through the MRTA and how the illegal market undermines the legal market, making enforcement tools essential.

Harvey D. Epstein

You know, we worked really hard in Albany in 2019-20 to legalize through the MRTA.

Harvey D. Epstein

The illegal market really undermines the legal market and ensuring that if the opportunity of someone's engaging in illegal behavior, we can shut it down.

Harvey D. Epstein

That's a really good opportunity.