New York Fined Unlicensed Weed Shops More Than $25 Million — and Collected Almost None of That February 24, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The state has levied more than $25 million in fines against unlicensed smoke shops for selling cannabis products since last year, but so far only a minuscule percent of those fines have been collected by both the state Tax Department… Read More→
Grown in Oklahoma, Smoked in New York: Illicit Marijuana’s Legal Roots February 24, 2024 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York, Oklahoma 0 Comments In the dead of night last April, state drug agents in Oklahoma intercepted an 18-wheeler rumbling east toward the Arkansas border smuggling 7,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in security camera boxes. The weed was from licensed farms in Oklahoma, according… Read More→
Legal Weed in New York Was Going to Be a Revolution. What Happened? February 19, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments A few years ago, Howell Miller was in prison in New York State, walking laps around the track with a fellow-inmate he’d befriended, who happened to be a former U.S. congressman. Prior to the prison stint, Miller, a cheerful guy… Read More→
Legal homegrown marijuana in N.Y. a step closer as new rules OK’d February 18, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The regulations allowing anyone 21 or older to grow marijuana are subject to a 60-day public comment period before they become official The state Cannabis Control Board, which abruptly canceled its monthly meeting last month, on Friday adopted rules that… Read More→
NY greenlights 109 additional weed licenses, expands home growing allowance February 17, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments State regulators approved 109 new marijuana business licenses on Friday, including 38 retail dispensaries, as New York's cannabis industry aimed to get on track following repeated setbacks. The license approvals came after the Cannabis Control Board abruptly canceled a meeting… Read More→
Hochul’s cannabis conundrum: Stronger action, but greater political risk February 16, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New York’s governor is taking on the troubled rollout of the state’s weed market. NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is finally weighing in on the state’s troubled cannabis market rollout — and she’s not happy. In recent… Read More→
Court Denies TROs; New York’s Adult-Use Rollout Can Continue February 9, 2024 Tom Hymes New York, News & Insights 0 Comments Three lawsuits that sought to yet again stop New York’s adult-use cannabis licensing program in its tracks have failed to move three different judges to that end. Orders filed in each case over the past week permit the program to… Read More→
Judge rejects a claim that New York’s marijuana licensing cheats out-of-state applicants February 5, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments A federal judge has rejected a challenge to New York state’s licensing program for selling legal marijuana, a system two California applicants say unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state residents. The ruling Friday by Albany Judge Anne M. Nardacci may spur New York… Read More→
Hochul says cannabis rollout was a ‘disaster’ but fixing it is unlikely January 31, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 1 Comment Gov. Kathy Hochul has made no secret of her unhappiness with New York State’s rollout of the legalization of cannabis. And that unhappiness is growing. “It’s a disaster,” the governor told The Buffalo News editorial board last week. “I will… Read More→
N.Y. cannabis board abruptly cancels meeting on homegrown rules, new licenses January 25, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The state Cannabis Control Board abruptly canceled its January meeting late Tuesday, less than 17 hours before it was scheduled to consider proposed homegrown regulations and a slew of retail license applications that have been backlogged due to litigation and… Read More→
NYC will soon let you grow marijuana at home. Here are the proposed rules. January 24, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New Yorkers could legally get high off their own supply within a few months. The state's Cannabis Control Board will consider rules on Wednesday that would allow residents to grow their own weed at home. The board will vote on… Read More→
Hochul proposes repeal of NY’s marijuana ‘potency tax’ January 16, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget released Tuesday proposes repealing a state “potency tax” on marijuana products that industry stakeholders said has deterred legal retail sales and driven more consumers to buy their products from unlicensed vendors. Hochul’s proposal, which follows… Read More→
Can Mike Tyson Become a Heavyweight in the New York Marijuana Industry? January 16, 2024 AggregatedNews Industry People, New York 0 Comments On a recent weekend, fans of Mike Tyson, one of the greatest boxers ever, lined up by the hundreds at dispensaries in New York for a chance to meet him and to support his latest business move: selling weed in… Read More→
Over 30 illegal weed shops surround single legal cannabis dispensary in this popular NYC neighborhood — causing haziness among ‘confused’ customers January 12, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments More than 30 unregulated weed vendors surround a licensed cannabis dispensary in the Lower East Side — smoking out its business as “confused” customers struggle to differentiate between the two. The plight of ConBud, which opened in October on Delancey… Read More→
Final NY Regulator Meeting of 2023 Gets Testy January 2, 2024 Tom Hymes Compliance and Regulations, New York, News & Insights 0 Comments The emergency meeting of New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) called for last Friday (December 29) started 20-minutes late, a seeming eternity, but that was forgotten as soon as the meeting began and it became clear that something was off… Read More→