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On May 28, 2024, Lenore Elfand, the owner of Empire Cannabis Club, an unlicensed dispensary in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, received a frantic call from an employee. NYPD officers and deputies from the city’s Sheriff’s Office were lined up at the door, poised to raid the shop. Elfand said in…

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