Anti-cannabis groups sue to overturn New York’s marijuana laws June 26, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments A coalition of anti-cannabis interests filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court this week seeking to overturn New York’s legalization of marijuana, comparing the industry to tobacco companies that made fraudulent claims about their products. The petition was filed in… Read More→
New York’s small cannabis farmers will soon be competing with medical operators for shelf space June 21, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments When Michael Casacci received a cannabis growing license for his Buffalo cultivation company, he was under the impression that small farmers’ businesses would have a significant head-start ahead of the large multistate companies on New York’s medical market. But as… Read More→
Weed enforcement has floundered so far. Will Gov. Hochul’s efforts change that? June 20, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New York City’s unlicensed weed bodegas far outnumber licensed shops by about 250-to-1, according to city estimates. But that isn’t stopping Gov. Kathy Hochul from pouring resources into cannabis crackdowns, as efforts to get the legal industry off the ground… Read More→
New York Cannabis: The Variscite Injunction is Lifted June 19, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments By Simon Malinowski, Attorney at Harris Bricken The news tricked out slowly, then all at once: New York has settled the Variscite litigation, and the injunction prohibiting Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licenses in the Finger Lakes region has been lifted.… Read More→
Key official behind slow rollout of legal weed shops exits NY Cannabis Control Board June 15, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Reuben McDaniel, who leads a state agency that is instrumental in setting up New York’s legal cannabis industry, announced on Thursday that he’s stepping down from his position on the state’s Cannabis Control Board. He made the announcement at the… Read More→
Key Figure in NY State’s Legal Pot Marketplace to Resign, Sources Say June 15, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Reuben McDaniel, a member of the state’s Cannabis Control Board and the CEO of the authority struggling to set up licensees with stores, plans to step down from the Board this week. Reuben McDaniel III, one of the most influential… Read More→
New York Regulators Begin Raids Of Unlicensed Marijuana Shops June 13, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last week announced new steps to confront the state’s underground marijuana industry and reign in unlicensed cannabis sales. The new measures, which include raids on unlicensed pot shops and seizures of illicit cannabis products, mark… Read More→
Roadblocks and Red Tape: New York’s Cannabis Effort at a Crossroads June 6, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments When New York State began laying the groundwork for its recreational cannabis industry last year, officials cast atoning for the harm done by the war on drugs as a cornerstone of the ambitious plan — and promised to give people… Read More→
Lawmakers scramble to fix NY’s struggling rollout of retail cannabis June 5, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Some New York lawmakers are scrambling as they enter the final week of the legislative session to implement measures to aid the state’s struggling retail cannabis market, including a proposal to allow growers to sell last year’s crops at concert… Read More→
NY poised to crack down on illegal marijuana shops. Here’s how it’ll work May 31, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Cannabis regulators in New York are poised to begin enforcing new state laws aimed at shuttering hundreds of unlicensed shops selling black-market marijuana that undermines the state's fledgling legal cannabis industry. The state Office of Cannabis Management on Tuesday voted… Read More→
Why It’s So Hard to Crack Down on Stoned Drivers in New York May 22, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Since recreational marijuana was legalized statewide in March 2021, weed now seems ubiquitous on New York City roadways. At smoke shops, customers drive off after blazing up. In motion or at red lights, smoke wafts from car windows, the smell… Read More→
The NY Cannabis Control Board Meeting Summary May 16, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments By Simon Malinowski Well, the big Cannabis Control Board (CCB) meeting happened on May 11, 2023, and it was as action packed as advertised. There were rules and regulations, Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licenses issued, and heated exchanges between the regulators. Here are… Read More→
How the New York City metro area’s slow legal weed rollout created a boom in ‘gray’ market cannabis shops May 15, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The push for legal, recreational marijuana is sweeping across America. Delaware just became the 22nd state to legalize recreational cannabis — and four more states could join the party in the coming years. In the densely populated Tri-State area of New… Read More→
‘Discontent and despair’: NY cannabis entrepreneurs fed up with state’s problematic industry rollout May 10, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Tensions are rising among New York’s recently licensed cannabis entrepreneurs. A group of Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licensees have documented in a letter an “alarming and unacceptable” lack of communication and transparency among state cannabis regulators. The group of… Read More→
N.Y. expanding its crackdown on illegal pot shops after inability under existing laws May 2, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments State lawmakers are set to expand the government’s ability to shut down an estimated thousands of illegal pot shops in New York. The move by the state’s Democratic supermajorities comes after the state’s Office of Cannabis Management was able to… Read More→