Jamaican-American Vivia Morgan is running for New York Senate on Anti-Prohibition Party ticket.

Weed it and weap: High-minded Senate wannabe says country should go to pot!

Talk about a grass-roots campaign!

A Jamaican-American woman from Crown Heights is running for Senate on a one-plank platform: legalize marijuana.

Her slogan? “Tax pot, not people.”

Vivia Morgan, a 43-year-old construction worker, says that legalizing ganja is the first step to righting the social injustices of the world while also providing much-needed jobs and revenue for the state.

“Young guys are standing on the corner selling drugs because there are no jobs out there!” said Morgan. “If we could legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana, maybe they could open up a [weed] store like the liquor stores that are on the corner every three or four blocks!”

Morgan, who is running...

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New group opposes Coney Island's concrete planks

A new community group is fighting the Riegelmann Boardwalk’s transformation into a cementwalk — saying the city’s plan to get rid of wood will create an eyesore and leave joggers with wobbly knees.

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This Slope man wheels and deals

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Roofus: Cops are to blame for 'ghost' bikes

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Seaside silence! Marty's concerts go out with a whisper

Bring in da noise!

Is it 'double dipping' for lawmakers to take their pension?

During election debates in our Downtown offices last week, two challengers attacked two Assembly incumbents for taking their pensions while still in office. Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs actually receives a pension for the job she currently holds, while Assemblywoman Joan Millman receives her pension from her days as a public school teacher. Is that kosher? Read below:

Double dipping is wrong

The reason that elected officials should not be allowed to double dip (or collect two government paychecks at the same time) is simple: They make the laws that govern the state’s pension system. It is a conflict of interest in its most basic form and begs the question: What is to prevent them from passing laws and making rules that benefit themselves?

It's legal and it's my money

The following is an edited transcript from a debate between Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs and her challenger Michele Adolphe in our offices on Aug. 19. Jacobs has been the Assembly for more than 30 years, where her annual salary is $104,500. She also receives a pension for her work as a lawmaker of $71,000 per year. Here’s what she said when our panel, and Adolphe, pressed her on this unusual arrangement:

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