A bit more on the fire that wreaked destruction on the southeast corner of Avenue A and 14th Street earlier today: according to NY1, it originated at Pete’s-a-Place, where workers had been doing renovations. [Via EV Grieve]
“Today, in passing the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, the New York State legislature took enormous strides toward ending the decades-long war on drugs and its discriminatory impact on people of color.”