New York is doubling the number of licenses it’s awarding for a first round of legal marijuana shops, regulators announced Thursday.
, the state cannabis office now intends to give out 300 such licenses, Executive Director Chris Alexander told the state Cannabis Control Board on Thursday.
“With this expansion, more entrepreneurs will be able to participate in the first wave of this industry,” board Chair Tremaine Wright said in a statement after the meeting. However, about 40% of the proposed licenses are allocated for parts of the state where the state can’t issue them at the moment, underfrom a federal judge. The decision froze licensing in certain areas during an ongoing lawsuit over license rules regarding applicants’ ties to New York.
The state is appealing the decision, which applies in Brooklyn, central New York, the Finger Lakes, the mid-Hudson region and western New York. Jessica Naissant aims to run a dispensary in Brooklyn, so the court decision put her plans in limbo. Still, she told the board she appreciated the expanded license total, saying members were listening to applicants and trying “to help us out.”
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