Paula Collins, an attorney who represents unlicensed cannabis shops, thinks the official estimate of 1,500 unlicensed shops, is off by a factor of five. Photo: Law Offices of Paula Collins website There May Really be 8,000 Unlicensed Cannabis Shops in NYC Says Attorney The hundreds of millions of uncollected tax money from illegal cannabis shops can fix our streets, hospitals and pot holes... News 22 Sep 2023 | 11:04