New York's budding cannabis industry will hit a major milestone next week with the opening of the state's first legal, adult-use dispensary near Astor Place in Manhattan.

The store will be run by the non-profit Housing Works, one of 36 recipients of the dispensary licenses issued so far by the state's Cannabis Control Board. Those licenses are going both to individuals affected by past marijuana convictions and to non-profits who work with the formerly incarcerated.

Chris Alexander, the executive director of New York State's Office of Cannabis Management, joined Bobby Cuza on "Inside City Hall" Friday to discuss the burgeoning adult-use cannabis industry and Mayor Eric Adams' recent crack down on unlicensed shops.