Kathy Hochul

A cannabis activist and member of the Cannabis Association of New York State (CANY) was forced out of the industry trade group, reported New York Post. Carmine Fiore, former chair of the organization's Veterans Committee and a disabled Army veteran himself says he was banished for criticizing...

Senator Pushes To Amend Marijuana Banking Bill To Offer Access To SBA Services As cannabis banking reform awaits further legislative action in Congress, a Democratic U.S. Senate member seeks to allow cannabis businesses to utilize the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) services,...

New York cannabis regulators issued revised marijuana industry rules on Wednesday in response to more than 3,500 public comments. They will be subject to a 45-day public comment period, reported Green Market Report. Some of the rules from the Office of Cannabis Management's document...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a measure on Wednesday proposing penalties for the unlicensed and illicit sale of cannabis across New York State. The new legislation allows the Office of Cannabis Management to issue civil penalties against unlicensed cannabis businesses with fines...

As the Empire State continues to struggle with illicit weed operations, State Senator Jeremy Cooney (D-Rochester), chair of a new state Senate Subcommittee on Cannabis, says there's no time to waste. “A lot of the debate in the Legislature is about how big the fines...

Governor Kathy Hochul is making yet another attempt to protect the stalled legal recreational cannabis market in New York. On Tuesday, Hochul revealed the launch of a public education campaign to educate consumers to make safer, informed, legal purchases of cannabis from licensed dispensaries...

New York Cannabis Control Board (CCC) awarded 99 conditional adult-use retail dispensary licenses earlier this month, after a months-long legal hurdle that prolonged the deal. CCC chairwoman Tremaine Wright was enthusiastic following the move that brought the total number of cannabis permits...

An injunction preventing New York state regulators from issuing licenses for marijuana sales across various regions was lifted Tuesday by a federal court. This means that the Office of Cannabis Management can now issue sales licenses to cannabis businesses in Central and Western New...

What Does New York Have To Offer? On Sunday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the opening of the first store selling recreational cannabis in the Capital Region, reported The Record. As part of New York State's Seeding Opportunity Initiative and the state's equity goals in cannabis...

New York Gets Another Marijuana Store Run By Entrepreneur Previously Criminalized By Cannabis Prohibition New York is getting another recreational marijuana store, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday. Located at 119-121 East State Street in Ithaca, the Upstate New York State-based shop will...

Upstate New Yorkers got their first recreational cannabis store earlier this month. Just Breathe at 75 Court Street in the college town of Binghamton is the fourth marijuana shop to open in The Empire State so far. During Gov. Kathy Hochul's visit to the shop, which began ...

Upstate New Yorkers will get their first recreational cannabis store this Friday, Feb. 10, announced Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday. The shop is opening in the college town of Binghamton. Hochul said the opening of Just Breathe at 75 Court Street continues to "...

Over a year after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) pledged $200 million to support social equity applicants in the state's burgeoning marijuana market, the fund is still pending its first investment. However, Reuben McDaniel III, DASNY's president and CEO, told Marijuana Business Daily...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her 2023 state of the state address last week announcing her plans for improving the Empire State. Shortly thereafter, some of them were criticized. Among those who are unhappy with one at least one of the Governor's proposals is the...

NY Lawmakers To Crackdown On 'Sticker Stores' Selling Weed The first recreational cannabis sales in New York kicked off in December, nearly two years after the state legalized recreational marijuana. The state's illicit marijuana market is thriving while there is only one shop...