From Long Island to upstate, New Yorkers of all backgrounds are rejoicing as marijuana has finally been legalized in the Empire State. The new law moves to immediately legalize the consumption and cultivation of that dank, sticky bud by state residents over the age of 21.We could be mere months away from joints at Yankee stadium and bud at your local bodega. To get a sense of how everyday New Yorkers feel about this legislative change, the Misnomer caught up with Tony Capiccioliti, a Staten Island jet ski dealership owner.
“Ayy I know all about that mary jane nonsense! My brother Guiseppe got caught up in that back in the 70s, but I only touch the stuff for my bad back. I don’t go in for that hippie nonsense, capeesh?” Capiccioliti said.
Tony has been a regular user of cannabis for back pain for years.
“My motha-in-law is always on my back about the stuff, but now that Cuomo says it’s legal, she can take a hike all the way down to Manhattan!” the New Yorker said.
Capiccioliti also added that he’s tired of having to buy “seedy mids” from his son’s friend.
“Now that they’re gonna have dem fancy dispensaries I can get all sorts of good stuff, maybe even some THC gabagool.”
Weed has always been easy to get in the Big Apple, but Tony is excited to not have to hide his smoking when out and about.
“You know, it used to be that I had to get a big pot of my mothas meat sauce and smuggle my weed at the bottom to avoid the NYPD drug dogs when I was pickin’ up from my deala, but now dem cops can’t say nothin!”
Fortunately for Tony, the New York law also allows for cannabis smoking anywhere tobacco smoking is allowed.
“I can’t wait to take the ferry ova to Manhattan and light up right on Broadway! Then go down to the deli and get a bacon egg and cheese onna bagel. If any fuckin cabbie honks his horn at me I’ll tell him, ‘Ayy I’m smoking ova hea!’”
When asked if he had any final words on the subject, Capiccioliti said, “I’m just pissed those bastards in Jersey did it first! Dey got nothin on the greatest city in the world! Go Yankees!”