The Battle Over Zaza Waza: A Lifelong Liberal Joins New York’s Weed War April 12, 2024 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York 0 Comments When an illegal smoke shop opened across the street, Gale Brewer, a local councilwoman, vowed to close it. What happened next was “like a Fellini movie.” The informal walking tour came to a pause on Amsterdam Avenue, outside a brick… Read More→
Following cannabis director controversy, Walz vows to pick a new leader with “regulator” experience September 27, 2023 AggregatedNews Minnesota 0 Comments MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said he will focus on hiring a person with regulatory experience to lead the new state cannabis office after his previous pick stepped down amid controversy. Walz announced last Thursday that Erin DuPree, owner… Read More→
Gov. Hochul calls for bigger fines against unlicensed weed shops March 22, 2023 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York 0 Comments New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing steep fines for stores selling weed without a license. The move comes as pressure builds to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops – something other city and state officials have struggled to do… Read More→
New York Loosens Rules on Locations for Weed Dispensaries December 9, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Licensees will no longer be required to accept storefronts leased by the state, a move welcomed by applicants who want more control over their retail locations. New York cannabis regulators have scrapped a rule requiring the state’s first retail operators… Read More→
The 32-Year-Old Tasked With Making Legal Weed Work Queens native Christopher Alexander is building the market from scratch. December 8, 2022 AggregatedNews Industry People 0 Comments Toward the end of July, around 40 people gathered at the Black Spectrum Theatre in Queens to voluntarily sit through a PowerPoint presentation. It was part of a public forum organized by the Office of Cannabis Management, the state regulatory body… Read More→
Curaleaf forced to remove thousands of medical marijuana products from NY dispensaries August 15, 2022 AggregatedNews New York, Producers 1 Comment Curaleaf, one of New York’s medical marijuana operators, has pulled tens of thousands of units of cannabis from dispensary shelves after the company switched to an unauthorized way of labeling potency that led patients to believe the marijuana they purchased was much… Read More→
NY weighs giving pizza joints, other eateries OK to sell cannabis-infused food April 24, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments This could give new meaning to Big Apple pizza joints. New York State officials are weighing whether to allow pizzerias and other eateries to sell fresh cannabis-infused grub and packaged pot edibles, The Post has learned. Aaron Ghitelman, a spokesman… Read More→
New York’s legal pot program starts to bloom with agency appointments September 1, 2021 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New York’s recreational pot program is no longer a buzzkill. The state Senate confirmed two long overdue appointments to the agency that will regulate pot sales in the state during a special session ordered by Gov. Kathy Hochul to fast-track… Read More→
High priority: Kathy Hochul vows to launch NY’s legal marijuana industry Cuomo stalled on August 26, 2021 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed that getting New York’s budding marijuana sales program off the ground will be a high priority. Scandal-scarred ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature approved the law back in March that legalized the sale of weed… Read More→
Business owners wait on cannabis board appointments in New York April 22, 2021 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Officials continue to review potential appointees to the state’s Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board — the entities to license and regulate the state’s new market for adult-use recreational marijuana — as New Yorkers wait on more specifics… Read More→
Gov. Cuomo Announces Proposal to Legalize Marijuana in New York January 7, 2021 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments “This program will generate much-needed revenue, while allowing us to support those that have been most harmed by decades of failed cannabis prohibition” Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that he will introduce a proposal that would finally legalize marijuana in… Read More→
America’s Largest County Prepares To Regulate Commercial Cannabis Sales July 3, 2018 Hilary Bricken California 0 Comments Los Angeles County finally seems ready to open its doors to local cannabis regulations. By HILARY BRICKEN Under MAUCRSA, before you can secure even a temporary license to operate, you must first obtain “local approval.” Local approval is basically affirmative… Read More→