Should legal marijuana be sold in Monroe County? That could go as far as Rochester and your city

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she has not yet decided whether Monroe County will accept legal marijuana sales or not.

Cheryl Dinolfo, Monroe County Executive: "What I can assure our residents of Monroe County is that we are looking into this very seriously."

News10NBC showed the county executive a new poll from Siena College that 53% of New Yorkers were in favor of legalizing marijuana, while 43% opposed legalization.

News10NBC also showed Dinolfo the counties that claim to be or are inclined to withdraw.

This includes: Suffolk and Nassau counties in Long Island, Rockland and Putnam counties in northern New York (Putnam County executive, Mary Ellen Odell, said the county was "bending over" for withdraw based on conversations with police and school superintendents), and Chemung County on the southern level.

Berkeley Brean, chief editor of News10NBC: "So why not here?"

Dinolfo: "Well, at the present time, it is very difficult to know whether it will be a county responsibility or even a county prerogative."

This is what Dinolfo is talking about.

At present, the marijuana bill provides that counties and cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants may choose to prohibit the sale of legal marijuana. But the debate in the state legislature includes the transfer of this authority to cities and villages.

Mike Murphy, spokesman for the Senate Speaker, said in an email to News10NBC: "We are discussing this issue as budget negotiations progress."

If this changes, it means that the city of Rochester and the 19 cities of Monroe County could choose whether to allow marijuana sales or not.

Dinolfo: "If I were the governor, I would keep this bill and move away from it.There are far too many unanswered questions."

News10NBC has already started asking cities whether they agree or not.

This is now the sale of legal marijuana. There is no withdrawal clause for the legal use of marijuana.

News10NBC reports show that own small amounts of marijuana is already effectively decriminalized in Monroe County. State law would prevent people from getting tickets.