New York City’s three major mayoral candidates got something of a curveball question during an otherwise contentious debate on Thursday, with each of the contenders asked whether they’ve “ever purchased anything in a cannabis shop.”
Democratic mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa affirmed that they have bought marijuana at licensed shops.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who is running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary earlier this year, however, answered with a flat “no,” despite signing legalization into law in 2021 before resigning amid unrelated controversy later that year.
“I have purchased marijuana at a legal cannabis shop,” Mamdani said at the NBC 4 debate, laughing.
Sliwa, the GOP mayoral candidate, answered the cannabis question by stating that he “did use medical marijuana” after being “shot five times” in a 1992 incident and also to treat symptoms of Crohn’s disease
Neither Mamdani nor Sliwa responded to the part of the moderator’s question about what specific types of products they purchased.
Mamdani voted for legalization as a member of the state Assembly.
“I’m proud to be here today to debate the adult use of marijuana—also known as loud, Sour D, herb, Mary Jane, kush,
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