Desmon Lewis

“For these licenses to serve their purpose, individuals who were targeted for arrest and prosecution must be first in line and have access to non-predatory resources and legal support to help them build the generational wealth long denied by the War on Drugs.” City Limits New York state recently announced that the application period for the first batch of retail cannabis licenses will open on August 25.

‘The pandemic has spared no one—but in The Bronx the virus found a host community that has long been left to fend for itself without the resources to do much about it.’ Adi Talwar Outside Lincoln Medical Center, Melrose, The Bronx. The twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice that have ripped through this country the past six month have exposed and exacerbated long-standing inequities in our collective health, prosperity, and safety.