Residents in Schenectady ponder marijuana law’s effect on public use | The Daily Gazette
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Top right to bottom right: Sabrina Whitman, Samuel Slick and Derrick Cole; Left: A marijuana plant - Brian Lee (right insets) File (left)
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And that was well before the recent state law made it OK, the 18-year-old city resident said.
Whitman motioned to a nearby grass field where she and others smoke pot regularly. She said she smokes cannabis there almost daily, adding that it helps with anxiety she experiences while riding the bus.
Whitman said she’s made friends with other smokers there. Occasionally, someone might tell them to stop, but mostly it’s accepted, she said.
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Schenectady landlord group asks city for relief | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY Flustered city landlord Anand Dhanraj says four tenants owe him $26,000 accrued during the past 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’m struggling right now,” said Dhanraj, who owns eight units. “My family is suffering. Every dollar I get I’ve got to put towards the taxes, because I don’t want the city to take my properties.”
Dhanraj, who asked for help from local group Schenectady Landlords Influencing Change, said he’s been cursed at and reported to the police when he tried to collect rents.
“They call my wife a bitch,” he said. “They said we are harassing them for rent; we are not supposed to ask them for rent. The governor told them not to pay rent,” he said with a chuckle. “Right now we can’t even talk to them.”
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With eviction moratoriums continuing for almost a year, lawmakers in Albany are trying to find ways to assist landlords struggling from a loss of rent during the pandemic.
Democratic State Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara of Rotterdam is sponsoring a bill that would give small landlords some flexibility when taxes are due.
“It allows municipalities to provide an extension to some of the smaller landlords that are really struggling financially. We’re not talking about the big faceless corporations that have hundreds of thousands of units. We’re talking about people that have a second home or a two-family home, maybe they live in the top or bottom unit,” said Santabarbara.
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