On April 3, the New York Cannabis Control Board approved 99 additional licenses, bringing the total number of provisional dispensary licenses (CAURD) for Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensaries to 165.
We are proud to announce today that 99 provisional CAURD licenses were approved. This is a significant expansion.
As we build an equitable market for offsets, the Seeding Opportunity initiative will continue to be a part of our work.
Tremaine: “Hames caused by cannabis prohibition, its disproportionate enforcement.”
Wright was the chairman of the Cannabis Control Board.
Chris Alexander, executive director of Office of Cannabis Management stated that the approval of licenses would help speed up the building of a strong and varied supply chain, while also making sure that people who have been adversely affected by prohibition of cannabis have meaningful opportunities to take part in the industry.
Wright expressed gratitude to the New York Governor. Kathy Hochul, members of Albany’s state legislature “for helping to us reach this point,” Wright noted that “new licenses” will enable entrepreneurs to “fairly participate in the legal marketplace while encouraging innovation throughout New York’s ever-growing cannabis supply chains.
In a Monday press release, the Cannabis Control Board stated that there were four licenses for Western New York and one for Central New York. Five for MidHudson was also included. Three for Brooklyn was added. This is the first time provisional licenses have been issued in these areas since last week’s modification to a court order that prevented them from being issued.
The Board explained that the process for applying was: “License requests will continue to go to the Board to be considered on a rolling basis. To qualify, applicants had to have either been convicted of cannabis or have the relatives of somebody who owned and operated a successful business. A non-profit organization was eligible if it had at least one member of the justice-involved boards, at least five full time employees and had net assets (or profit) for at least 2 years.
New York’s adult-use marijuana market was launched late last year by a retail store in New York City’s East Village.
Since then, other dispensaries opened in Manhattan, and the first legal marijuana dispensary opened in Queens late last month. But Brooklyn, New York City’s most populous borough has been excluded due to an order by a judge last year.
Last month, a federal judge lifted the ban, allowing licenses to be issued in Brooklyn as well as Central New York, Western New York, and Mid-Hudson.
On April 3, the Cannabis Control Board stated that it had granted at least one provisional licence to a Conditional Adult-Use Reseller Dispensary (or “CAURD”) in every region except the Finger Lakes. However, the injunction continues to block the Cannabis Control Board’s ability to grant such licenses.
According to the Board, the CAURD license is “a key pillar of Seeding Opportunity Initiative”, noting that it will ensure that New York has “first legal adult-use retail dispensaries”.
Operated by people most affected by cannabis prohibition or non-profit
Organizations that provide support to the former incarcerated
“As stated by the MRTA marijuana laws had disproportionately impacted African American and
Latinx communities. In New York, Black people have been in New York 15 times over the last 30 years
More likely than whites to be arrested in connection with cannabis-related crimes. It was eight times more common for Latinos. This perpetuated the cycle of poverty within Black and Brown communities. In Monday’s press release, the board stated that the requirements for getting a CAURD licence included being impacted by enforcement of the prohibition on cannabis.
We are delighted to announce that we have added 99 additional CAURD provisional licences.
Alexander said that Alexander will continue to push for New York’s marijuana industry to be established quickly and fairly.”
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