In the three months since the state’s cannabis legalization law took effect, marijuana-related arrests and summonses in New York City dropped like a stone. While [...]
New York’s newly inaugurated governor wants to move quickly with key marijuana regulatory appointments in order to get the state’s legal cannabis industry up and [...]
On March 31st, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), making the state of New York the 15th state to legalize [...]
New York lawmakers passed a bill to legalize adult-use marijuana in the state, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo indicating he would act quickly to sign the [...]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has apparently yielded to a top Senate lawmaker's demands concerning home marijuana cultivation and social equity funding in the ongoing [...]
Prior to 1914 cannabis was legal in New York. However, in 1914, the New York State legislature passed The Boylan Bill, which regulated the sale [...]
Adult-use marijuana legalization in New York under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal would net the state close to $800 million in tax revenues and create more [...]
New York lawmakers prefiled eight medical marijuana-related bills for consideration in the upcoming legislative session. Seven of those were filed in the Assembly with the [...]
One of the few bright spots in an otherwise difficult year was marijuana legalization’s progress in the US. Four states voted to legalize recreational cannabis [...]
A top New York senator described marijuana legalization in the state as an inevitability in the wake of New Jersey voters’ decision to approve the [...]