Jeffrey Garcia is a retired NYPD 1st Grade Detective with a noteworthy career in the Organized Crime Control Bureau. He is also an accomplished entrepreneur and industry leader with various business interests in New York City. He is owner of Mon Amour Coffee & Wine in Kingsbridge, and Wahizza Pizza, a Washington Heights artisanal pizza shop. He is also the former owner of a Financial Services Company and associated hubs, which provided remittances and other services to the immigrant community since 2006. Mr. Garcia is Co-Founder and former President of the Latino Cannabis Association (L.C.A.A., Inc.), providing vision and leadership to bring diversity, equality and inclusion to the newly developed adult-use cannabis industry in New York State. Mr. Garcia was appointed by Mayor Adams and Commissioner Kim to the Cannabis NYC Committee he will be working on.