Gov. Kathy Hochul has overhauled leadership at the state’s Office of Cannabis Management in an effort to speed up the licensing process, improve communication with applicants and licensees, and reaffirm the state’s commitment...more
A group of women-owned businesses hoping to obtain a retail or microbusiness permit to sell cannabis has asked a court to immediately stop New York state’s current licensing program for retail dispensaries and microbusinesses...more
New York is opening up its cannabis market to cultivator, processor, distributor, microbusiness and retail dispensary applicants beginning Oct. 4, a move that could finally spur significant sales, but one criticized by some...more
One more market could soon be available to New York’s cannabis growers struggling to sell last year’s crops because of the state’s slow rollout of its legalized marijuana program.
The state legislature approved a bill...more
Facing a deadline that would have forced the state’s conditional cannabis supply chain to cease operations, New York extended conditional adult-use cultivators and processors’ ability to minimally process and distribute...more
6/2/2023
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The Office of Cannabis Management’s (OCM) plan to double the number of conditional adult-use retail cannabis licenses (“CAURD” licenses) got some teeth yesterday when a federal court lifted an injunction barring CAURD...more
It has been four months since U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe issued an injunction barring the New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) from issuing any conditional adult-use retail dispensary (CAURD) licenses in...more
Delays and uncertainty around New York’s legal cannabis market continue after a federal judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss or otherwise limit his Nov. 10 decision to block retail licenses in five regions of the state....more
This week, Governor Andrew Cuomo ushered in a new era of hemp regulation in New York state. The bill he signed on Monday establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework and takes steps to support the state’s hemp industry....more