The City Council is expected to delay a final vote on Mayor Steve Fulop's plan to ban recreational marijuana sales citywide.
Fulop, a supporter of legalized marijuana, has said the initial ban would be part of a two-pronged effort to allow the city to decide where marijuana dispensaries should open. But the proposal, which would also prohibit growing and distributing pot, has been met with skepticism from some council members and outright opposition from legalization supporters. The council was scheduled to take a final vote on it Wednesday.
The ACLU of New Jersey had urged people to attend the meeting and tell council members to vote the plan down. It was already narrowly defeated by the Planning Board in February and sources told The Jersey Journal they expected the council to defeat the measure too.
Fulop announced Tuesday night his administration will ask for the vote to be postponed.