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A woman walks using her headphones on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in New York. After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers disrupt the peace and fleets of honking cars, trucks and buses again clog thoroughfares as millions of denizens return to the streets — their voices and clacking heels adding to the ear-splitting din. In one of the world's noisiest cities, the cacophony has returned louder than ever. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press
Sat,01/21/23-9:08AM , 109 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers. Honking cars and trucks. Rumbling subway trains. Sirens. Shouting.
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HOLD FOR STORY FILE - Cannabis vaping products are showcased at Housing Works, New York's first legal cannabis dispensary, Thursday Dec. 29, 2022, in New York. As New York opens more legal outlets for recreational marijuana, some public health advocates want more scrutiny on how marijuana products are being marketed to teens and young adults. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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Flavored cannabis marketing is criticized for targeting kids
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press
Thu,01/19/23-12:32AM , 157 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — When New York's first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state's Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd.
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A couple kisses in Times Square as they attend the New Year's Eve celebrations on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

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Time zone by time zone, another new year sweeps into view
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press
Sat,12/31/22-2:46AM , 231 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — New Year's celebrations swept across the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks — and marking an end to a year that brought w
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Chris Alexander, center, executive director of New York State Office of Cannabis Management, shows off the first purchase of cannabis gummies bought at Housing Works—New York's first legal cannabis dispensary, during a press conference to kick-off its opening, Thursday Dec. 29, 2022, in New York. Housing Works, a minority-controlled nonprofit serving people with HIV and AIDS, as well as homeless and formerly incarcerated people, will be the first of 36 recently licensed dispensaries to begin selling cannabis to the general public. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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NY opens its first legal recreational marijuana dispensary
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press
Thu,12/29/22-1:23PM , 184 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday, opening up what is expected to be one of the country's most lucrative markets for cannabis — underscored by the dozens of
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