Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.New York cannabis officials approved the first batch of recreational marijuana dispensary licenses at a meeting Monday of the Cannabis Control Board – a long-awaited move that comes more than a year-and-a-half after the state legalized the drug for adult use., officials have promised the first licensed dispensaries will open before the end of 2022, less than six weeks away.
The first batch of licenses were all awarded through the state’s Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary program, which aims to give an edge to those impacted by marijuana prohibition in order to promote equity within the legal industry.
“This is just the start,” Tremaine Wright, chair of the Cannabis Control Board, said in a statement. “We will continue to work to build an industry that is open to anyone who wants to participate.”for business licenses that will be open to a broader swath of the population, including bigger players in the industry and those who were not directly affected by prohibition.
Applicants for CAURD licenses had to list their top five locations. But the state is only considering applicants’ first choices due to the volume of applications received, according to a letter from the Office of Cannabis Management that was shared with Gothamist., an applicant from the Bronx who listed the Mid-Hudson Region as his first choice, received the letter on Friday.
You mean Chirlane and Chiara with billdeblasio in the background couldn’t get a license for their Dope in Park Slope weed dispensary on 7th Avenue across from Smiling Pizza? BrianLehrer The money scammed from ThriveNYC didn’t get spread around?
Such a racist system they instituted. Gonna be suing shortly when my application is denied
Jawanza 'The first batch of licenses were all awarded through the state’s Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program, which aims to give an edge to those impacted by marijuana prohibition in order to promote equity within the legal industry.'
Is it because the lawsuit involves Kyrie smoking the borough's full stock ?
“While New York is already flush with illicit vendors, officials have promised the first licensed dispensaries will open before the end of 2022, less than six weeks away.” How do they plan on putting the cat back in the bottle?