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‘Let’s Do It Legit’: Drug Arrestees Vie for First New York Pot Licenses

September 26, 2022
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Anytime the police approached the street in the Bronx where Hector Bonilla used to hang out, his friends would toss away their marijuana on the ground, he said. The police would pin the drugs on whomever was closest, Mr. Bonilla…

New York’s small-scale cannabis farmers are in a risky business

September 13, 2022
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Brian Conlon never expected to farm marijuana. When his tire-chip manufacturing business was shut down by the state a decade ago due to an improper storage allegation — a claim he is still fighting — he started work in a…

Will NY’s medical marijuana operators supply first-round dispensaries?

September 12, 2022
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From whence cometh ample weed to supply the Empire State’s potentially large and lucrative market? All options appear to be open. Both query and response loom large over New York’s cannabis regulatory process as the Office of Cannabis Management continues to issue its first…

NY to take social equity marijuana applications

The Hochul administration has begun accepting applications from “justice-involved” individuals for retail cannabis dispensary licenses as officials prepare to provide some of those awarded licenses with “state of the art” storefronts constructed and furnished by the state Dormitory Authority. In…

Mayor Adams lays out first steps to support NYC’s recreational pot industry

Mayor Eric Adams rolled out his Cannabis NYC initiative Thursday to promote the regulated growth of the recreational marijuana industry across New York City. The City Department of Small Business Services commissioner Kevin Kim joined the mayor at Medgar Evers…

NY’s medical marijuana patients frustrated as home-grow rules remain elusive

As the gears of the state’s rule-making process grind slowly forward, frustration and impatience best describe the feelings of New Yorkers who rely on cannabis as medicine. While the Office of Cannabis Management continues to assess the latest round of public comments on proposed rules…

NY’s medical marijuana industry: New state rules would drive up prices

New York’s largest medical marijuana trade group is imploring the state’s Office of Cannabis Management to change draft regulations for marijuana packaging and labeling that it says are onerous and out of step with other legal states. In a letter to OCM,…

As legal marijuana sales inch closer, NY’s weed pioneers question if they can ever go legit

On a recent afternoon in Central New York, a legacy cannabis grower caressed the five marijuana plants growing in his backyard, and examined the leaves to assess their health. Erie – who asked NY Cannabis Insider not to publish his real name…

Dozens of shops told to halt sales of marijuana products in New York

While the state has given the green light to possessing and consuming once-banned marijuana, regulators have yet to issue licenses to applicants seeking approval to open adult-use cannabis shops. But dozens of businesses have already begun to offer “untested” pot…

Unlicensed marijuana vendors pop up all over NYC as licensed dispensaries wait for the green light to sell recreational weed

New York state legalized recreational marijuana last year but has yet to allow licensed dispensaries to sell it beyond medical use. As CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports, that hasn't stopped all kinds of unlicensed vendors from popping up all over the…

New York’s 1st legal marijuana crop sprouts under the sun

New York's recreational marijuana market is beginning to sprout, literally, with thin-leafed plants stretching toward the sun in farms around the state. In a novel move, New York gave 203 hemp growers first shot at cultivating marijuana destined for legal sales, which…

Gov. Hochul names New York State cannabis advisory board members

Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced the inaugural members of the New York Cannabis Advisory Board, a 13-member panel that will advise state marijuana regulators and oversee a fund to help communities impacted by the drug war. NY Cannabis Insider has previously covered delays…

New York’s medical marijuana program suffering as state focuses on a recreational market

Medical marijuana patients and advocates allege the state agency responsible for regulating the cannabis industry is letting New York’s medical program crumble as it instead focuses its attention on setting up a recreational marketplace. The Office of Cannabis Management has been slow to…

NY Cannabis Control Board approves another 58 marijuana cultivators

New York’s Cannabis Control Board today approved another 58 growers to cultivate marijuana under conditional licenses, bringing the total number of licensed cultivators across the state to 146. “We’re moving quickly, knowing that the growing season is short,” said Chris Alexander, head of…

Want one of NY’s first marijuana retail licenses? Regulators say to start preparing now.

When it comes to opening a licensed recreational marijuana dispensary in New York, being first comes with definite perks. Beyond the initial customer traffic and early hype, the first batch of licensed businesses will get help finding a retail space…