Less than two months after the state unveiled several initiatives to crack down on illegal cannabis sellers, a group of New York City shop owners has filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming the heavy-handed tactics violate...more
6/27/2024
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Even with the expected rescheduling of cannabis from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug, it will take more for it to be eligible for interstate commerce.
Marijuana would remain subject to provisions of the Food,...more
6/27/2024
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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
In a boon to the cannabis industry, the federal government is reclassifying cannabis and easing federal restrictions on the drug, according to news reports. The Drug Enforcement Administration will approve a recommendation...more
Saddled with court challenges slowing the rollout of its legal cannabis program, New York now wants to move fast when it comes to the illegal marijuana market.
Gov. Kathy Hochul recently unveiled several initiatives to...more
In a sharp rebuke to New York’s Cannabis Control Board, state Supreme Court judge Kevin R. Bryant dealt a blow to the adult-use cannabis industry when he issued a decision in Leafly Holdings, Inc. et al. v. NYS Office of...more
Federal tax relief could be on the horizon for New York cannabis companies with two multistate cannabis operators claiming to have found the secret to escaping the tax obligations imposed by Section 280E of the Internal...more
Despite the approval of 109 new adult-use business licenses Feb. 16, New York’s legal cannabis program continues to face criticism, including backlash that the requirement retailers be 1,000 feet apart is a barrier,...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
On December 18, 2023, the day New York’s cannabis regulators wrapped up their initial cannabis licensing application period, the state was hit with yet another lawsuit seeking to halt the licensing of adult-use retail...more
A New York judge approved settling a lawsuit filed by a group of service-disabled veterans, granting the group a provisional license and paving the way for more than 400 provisional licensees to open marijuana dispensaries....more
Even though adult-use cannabis is legal in the state of New York, marijuana is still considered an illegal controlled substance at the federal level, and that leads to numerous problems for the state’s legal cannabis...more
The New York State Attorney General Office has moved to dismiss a lawsuit that aims to halt the state’s legal adult-use cannabis program based on marijuana’s danger to the state’s residents and illegal federal status. ...more
New York begins accepting applications for certain adult-use cannabis licenses Oct. 4.
Applications for cultivator, processor, distributor, microbusiness and retail dispensary licenses will be available on the New York...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
With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially recommending cannabis be moved from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug, the cannabis industry is one step closer to alleviating interstate commerce...more
A state Supreme Court Justice issued a stern ruling Aug. 18 criticizing the state’s legal cannabis program and stopping it from issuing new retail licenses.
State Supreme Court Justice Kevin R. Bryant ruled a veterans...more
New York Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant issued a temporary restraining order blocking new marijuana retail licenses in the wake of a lawsuit filed by a group of service-disabled veterans.
The temporary restraining...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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Describing New York’s implementation of the 2021 Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act as “bumpy,” State Sen. Jeremy Cooney has proposed legislation to address “urgent issues” facing the state’s adult use and medical cannabis...more
The New York State Cannabis Control Board’s latest meeting lasted more than three hours as many throughout the state’s marijuana industry — which is projected to annually generate more than $2 billion for the state’s economy...more
The “gray” marijuana market of pop-up storefronts, smoke shops, bodegas, and mobile stores throughout the New York state have been illegally selling marijuana while the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) finalizes...more
Delays in rolling out New York retail cannabis dispensary licenses prompted one legislator to introduce a bill to allow the state’s struggling cannabis cultivators to sell directly to consumers.
The Cannabis Crop Rescue...more
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