New York

Long Islanders who hustled to get certified to sell recreational cannabis say localities are treating the state-awarded credential as a license to shun their business. They say they're scouring a largely unwelcoming landscape: Just four of 13 towns on the Island are allowing cannabis shops: Babylon

New York regulators raid unlicensed marijuana stores, enact new rules In fresh efforts to clamp down on New York’s 1400 unlicensed cannabis operators, a new ‘multiagency enforcement effort’ has been launched. So far the campaign, which is aimed at diverting cannabis sales away from the black market

Thousands of pounds of marijuana are sitting in storage across New York. Cannabis farmers say they simply don’t have enough legal dispensaries to sell it to and many are worried they will lose out on thousands of dollars’ worth of investments. They’re frustrated by New York State’s slow rollout of

Cultivators in New York have too much product in storage due the state not having enough legal dispensaries. A recent report from Associated Press (AP) News examined the state of cannabis cultivation in New York, spotlighting issues with current conditions. In an interview, AP News spoke with

Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flowers sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm. And that’s a problem. There aren’t enough places to sell it. The 318 kilograms of the pungent flower was harvested last year as part of New York's first crop of legally grown pot for

New York's fledgling marijuana market doesn't have enough licensed retailers to sell the 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms) of cannabis grown by farmers in the state. ARGYLE, N.Y. (AP) — Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flower sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm. And

Cannabis regulators in New York are poised to begin enforcing new state laws aimed at shuttering hundreds of unlicensed shops selling black-market marijuana that undermines the state's fledgling legal cannabis industry. The state Office of Cannabis Management on Tuesday voted to approve emergency

Unfortunately, you won’t be able to light up on-site at New York markets. Regulations and red tape make it hard to sell cannabis in New York. Currently, just over a dozen licensed retailers are actively operating in New York. By introducing a marijuana farmers market, more retailers could sell their

No on-site consumption will be allowed. Marijuana farmers markets are coming to New York state, potentially within a month, state regulators told a group of licensed growers during a virtual town hall on Thursday. “The solution we’re working on right now … are what we’re calling the New York

Zoning issues are limiting dispensary locations. When New York’s Office of Cannabis Management granted a conditional dispensary license to Union Chill, the team behind the Southern Tier Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) thought they’d cleared the largest hurdle to open their shop. That

STATEN ISLAND - A Meiers Corners building will be home to a legal weed shop set to open in the coming months, the Advance/ SILive has learned. The business — operating under the name NugHub NY, LLC — is owned by Michael Geterlman, a self-described lifelong Staten Islander, and it will open at 1975

When Brian Stark found out his application for a cannabis retail dispensary license was one of the first to be approved in New York, he was thrilled. Then came zoning limbo. The state approved Stark’s application and 27 others in November through the Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary program