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Complaints are piling up around the Office of Cannabis Management’s selection process for general licenses, and not just from those stakeholders who are suing the...
The adult-use weed train will finally arrive in Hoboken next week. The Station, a medicinal cannabis dispensary located near the Hoboken Terminal, will become the...
Jim McMahon has always been a wild card. On the field. Off the field. It always felt like you never knew exactly what the star...
This guest column is from James B. Mann, an attorney specializing in cannabis tax and tax accounting issues. Mann has a J.D. from Harvard Law...
Jeffrey Hoffman is a New York City-based attorney who hosts “Ask Me Anything about Cannabis Legalization in New York” each week on LinkedIn. Hoffman and...
Jeffrey Hoffman is a New York City-based attorney who hosts “Ask Me Anything about Cannabis Legalization in New York” each week on LinkedIn. Hoffman and...
Story by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA This story first appeared in The Investigator, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring the best investigative and...
Happy weekend, everyone! This week NY Cannabis Insider dove into some under-covered issues in the weed industry, because we’re lucky enough to have readers who...
A Central New York business owned by a white man has filed a lawsuit against New York’s cannabis management agency accusing it of racial and...
Jeffrey Hoffman is a New York City-based attorney who hosts “Ask Me Anything about Cannabis Legalization in New York” each week on LinkedIn. Hoffman and...
Medical patients looking to shop at Sunnyside medical cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood are out of luck, as the store has been closed for...
Representatives of cannabis beverage companies currently suing New York regulators over strict limits on hemp-derived THC believe they will prevail in their push against rules...
This guest column is from Paula Collins, EA, Esq., a tax attorney dedicated to the cannabis industry, a co-founder of the NY Consortium of Cannabis...
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to repeal the potency tax and replace it with a 9 percent tax on the sales of wholesale cannabis products is...
Cannabis regulators last week released proposed rules for creating weed consumption lounges in New Jersey, and said they expect more cultivators and manufacturers to join...
Ellis Soodak owns Verdi, Chelsea’s first licensed dispensary. He answered eight simple questions for NY Cannabis Insider’s “People to know” series. What is your position...
This guest column was written by Joe Rossi, the Cannabis Practice Group Leader at Park Strategies. The views and opinions expressed in this article are...
This guest column was written by Joe Rossi, the Cannabis Practice Group Leader at Park Strategies. The views and opinions expressed in this article are...
Happy weekend everyone! We hope you’re keeping warm. Considering the frigid temperatures this weekend, it’s a perfect time to stay inside and check out the...
Jeremy Rivera was ready to open Terp Bros dispensary in Astoria, Queens, in early August, until a court injunction prevented him and hundreds of other...
This guest column is from Colin Decker, owner and founder of 7 SEAZ, New York’s first legacy-to-legal adult-use cannabis brand, and owner of Hudson Valley-based...
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday outlined her office’s recommendation for $233 billion in state spending in the 2025 fiscal year, including items that would repeal...
This guest column is from Paula Collins, EA, Esq., a tax attorney dedicated to the cannabis industry, a co-founder of the NY Consortium of Cannabis...
Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday signed legislation pushed by state Senate President Nick Scutari that will make it easier for a top member of the...
It’s been an uphill battle trying to open the retail cannabis spigot on Long Island, but some positive signs are surfacing on the north shore...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday proposed the state repeal its THC potency-based tax structure for legal cannabis – a move industry stakeholders have...
A closed tavern on the corner of 14th and Hudson streets in northeast Hoboken was the setting of a two-year tug-of-war over whether an adult-use...
Happy weekend, everyone. We’re just getting into the thick of the new year, and all the promises and challenges it presents to New York’s legal...
By Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post (TNS) Cannabis users are often stereotyped as lazy couch potatoes satisfying their munchies with junk food. But a new...
This guest column is from Paula Collins, EA, Esq., a tax attorney dedicated to the cannabis industry, a co-founder of the NY Consortium of Cannabis...
Aaron Van Camp opened Dank 716 – Buffalo’s first legal adult-use dispensary – on July 17, 2023. During its first six months in business, the...
Jeffrey Hoffman is a New York City-based attorney who hosts “Ask Me Anything about Cannabis Legalization in New York” each week on LinkedIn. Hoffman and...
Aaron Van Camp opened Dank 716 – Buffalo’s first legal adult-use dispensary – on July 17, 2023. During its first six months in business, the...
Senate President Nicholas Scutari introduced a bill last week that would potentially help the vice chair of the State Democratic Committee to stay within the...
New York cannabis regulators had just wrapped up the state’s inaugural general cannabis licensing application period on Dec. 18, when two plaintiffs filed another lawsuit...
This guest column is from Paula Collins, EA, Esq., a tax attorney dedicated to the cannabis industry, a co-founder of the NY Consortium of Cannabis...
This past year in New York’s cannabis industry has been a lot like a New Year’s Eve party: high expectations made for a fair amount...
The sale of marijuana for recreational use became legal in New Jersey in April 2022 with stores around the state opening immediately. But despite intense...
At a meeting earlier this month, the Cannabis Association of New York announced Damien Cornwell will serve as the organization’s new president. Cornwell, who has...
President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of...
Happy Holidays, everyone. I hope everyone is having a very jolly weekend, while enjoying and gifting plenty of merry marijuana. Amid the holiday planning and...
By ZEKE MLLER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession...
Perhaps the Cannabis Growers Showcases won’t be relegated to the trash bin after all. NYS Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Binghamton) told NY Cannabis Insider that, after...
Nearly a year ago, David Vautrin led the opening of one of New York’s first licensed cannabis dispensaries. As more retail shops come online, and...
Clay, N.Y. — Lighting up for the holidays is taking on a whole new meaning this week for T.J. Lewis. Lewis on Friday expects to...
Story by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to...
Currently, 463 conditional retail dispensary licenses have been issued to social equity applicants. We understand that providing the first retail dispensary licenses in New York...
After New York marijuana regulators greenlit six of the state’s medical cannabis companies to expand into adult-use retail last week, local cultivators are viewing their...
Happy weekend everyone. As we head to the end of 2023, NY Cannabis Insider covered some important stories on the Empire State’s weed industry. Let’s...
Two years after decriminalizing public drinking for young people under 21, New Jersey is on the verge of reinstating penalties because too many minors have...