New York state decriminalizes pot, stops short of Cuomo's legalization call Townhall.com Staff | Posted: Jul 29, 2019 1:57 PM Share Tweet New York state on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use, meaning possession of small amounts of the drug will be punished with fines rather than jail time, a step short of Governor Andrew Cuomo's goal of legalizing pot. Read more at Reuters: Politics Login to VIP or Join VIP to Comment The Supreme Court's Leftist Bloc: Increasingly Hostile to the First Amendment Guy Benson Sonia Sotomayor Blunts Hillary Clinton's Attack on Clarence Thomas Katie Pavlich A Growing Number of Democrats Openly Admit Their Extremist Abortion Views Leah Barkoukis Former Gorsuch Law Clerk Destroys Susan Collins's Claim That Justices Lied to Her About Roe Leah Barkoukis Embarrassing: Biden's Grand Energy Plan Just Got Blown Up...By the French President Matt Vespa 'These Deaths Are on Biden': Abbott Blasts President After Dozens of Illegal Immigrants Found Dead Leah Barkoukis CARTOONS | Gary Varvel View Cartoon Most Popular Embarrassing: Biden's Grand Energy Plan Just Got Blown Up...By the French President Sonia Sotomayor Blunts Hillary Clinton's Attack on Clarence Thomas Former Gorsuch Law Clerk to Susan Collins: You Have a 'Fundamental Misunderstanding of the Law of Precedent'