Reuben McDaniel, president and CEO of the New York State Dormitory Authority, an agency under scrutiny for its slow effort to secure retail weed spaces for early licensees, announced that he will be stepping down from the state's Cannabis Control Board.
McDaniel to the board in September 2021. He joined the Dormitory Authority two years earlier during the Cuomo administration.
McDaniel’s leadership at the Dormitory Authority has also received criticism amid the cannabis industry rollout because the agency is yet to fulfill its pledge to secure outside investors for the state’s social equity fund and hasfor those seeking to open legal retail shops.
Carson Grant, who has a license to open a dispensary in Queens, publicly criticized the Dormitory Authority at a recent meeting between state officials and licensees. He told Gothamist on Thursday that he’s glad McDaniel is stepping down from the Cannabis Control Board because he “always thought it was a conflict of interest.” But Grant added that he is not confident in how McDaniel is running the Dormitory Authority.
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