still awaiting word. Among the first round of licensees were eight nonprofits that included Housing Works.The cannabis storefront abuts the sprawling urban campus of New York University, whose students could provide a ready supply of customers.
“It’s been a lot of work that’s come to get us to this point,” Alexander said. “We do have a lot more work to do, a lot more stores to open.” New York joined nearly two dozen other states in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana. But unlike many other states, New York has reserved its first round of retail licenses for nonprofits, as well as applicants with marijuana convictions and their relatives — an acknowledgement of the inequities produced by the country's war on drugs.
King said that his nonprofit is hiring people who have been criminalized because of marijuana. Housing Works pursued getting a license because they wanted "to have the opportunity to ameliorate some of the harsh circumstances implicated in both the criminalization of cannabis as well as other drugs,” he said.
Will do nothing to improve the declining attractiveness of the state.
'What's the price'? Thirty twice! Too high!