Move over, Giuliani: how loopholes sparked a golden age of cannabis in New York

With possession legalized, weed trucks and pop-ups are everywhere. But that could all change when the state swoops in

For the past few months, anyone visiting Katz's Deli in the Lower East Side of Manhattan - as famous for its role in When Harry Met Sally as it is for pastrami - has queued near a green-painted food truck, strategically parked on Houston Street to capture Katz's foot traffic, adorned with multi-colored LED signage advertising the city's latest hot delicacy: cannabis.

Passersby can stroll up to the truck's sales window and peek at a menu written in marker on a white dry-erase board and ask to see and smell a sample before forking over $60 cash for 3.5 grams, the cannabis industry's standard serving size.