They have become part of the urban landscape: illegal smoke shops on seemingly every block, brazenly flouting the law.

The NYPD has been hands-off, with enforcement left largely to state authorities. But that would change under a proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul, unveiled in her State of the State address this week.

“We’ll empower localities to go after the unlicensed shops, prosecute businesses that sell to minors and padlock their doors faster,” Hochul said in her remarks.

The idea of giving cities more enforcement power was welcome news to Mayor Eric Adams, who had already identified the issue as a legislative priority. In recent weeks, he’s promised to eradicate the illegal shops.

“If I’m given the enforcement opportunity, we’ll close the shops down in 30 days,” he said at a news conference last week. “They’re making a mockery of the process and we need to make sure that we close them down.”

The city already has significant authority; a task force led by the city sheriff’s office has been regularly raiding illegal shops.

But a new bill introduced by Queens Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar would grant municipalities more sweeping powers to close down stores and seize property. State Senator LeRoy Comrie of Queens is sponsoring the senate version of the bill.

“On day one of session,” Rajkumar said, “so many of my colleagues came up to me and said, ‘Sign me up for the bill.’”

It’s not the first time New Yorkers have heard about a crackdown. Gov. Hochul herself announced one at a news conference last June, warning illegal sellers: “If you’re operating illegally, you will be caught, and you will be stopped.”

At the time, new enforcement powers had been granted to the state Department of Taxation and Finance and the Office of Cannabis Management, which has successfully padlocked a handful of stores, including the Big Chief Smoke Shop in Bay Ridge last month. But those efforts have hardly made a dent.

“This year, the state board only ordered the closure of nine illegal pot shops,” Rajkumar said. “But there are over 35,000 in the whole state. So the rate of closure is way too slow. And my bill will speed up the process.”

“We have to shut down these illegal stores,” said State Sen. Jeremy Cooney, chair of the State Senate subcommittee on cannabis. He, too, supports more enforcement power for localities, with some caveats.

“That sounds good,” he said, “but we have to make sure that the resources are there so that those who are tasked with doing the enforcement have the resources to actually execute on that authority.”

In the meantime, a growing number of legal dispensaries are opening shop, with 47 now operating statewide, including 17 in the city.