Ashley Southall
City Cannabis Correspondent at The New York Times
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Ashley Southall
With the court orders that allowed the city to seal illicit cannabis stores starting to expire, questions remain about whether the shops could reopen. Mayor Eric Adams of New York on Wednesday visited a pizzeria in Queens that was once an illegal smoke shop to celebrate the success of his administration's crackdown on illegal cannabis shops, even as the city is bracing for a potential resurgence.
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Ashley Southall
New York State regulators are investigating some of America's biggest cannabis companies after receiving complaints that they have been selling marijuana to New York dispensaries that comes from unauthorized sources or is grown out of state, an illegal practice that has been called the industry's open secret.
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Mar 4, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Tracy Mumford |Will Jarvis |Ian Stewart |Jessica Metzger |Ashley Southall
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Mar 4, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Ashley Southall
In 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched a $200 million effort to help small business owners with marijuana convictions open New York's first licensed cannabis dispensaries. State lawmakers approved $50 million to help the program, known as the Cannabis Social Equity Investment Fund, begin leasing and renovating stores that were supposed to open the following year. But just 22 of the 150 planned stores have opened since and some owners now say the state lured them into a debt trap.
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Feb 26, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Ashley Southall
In 2023, Roland Conner became the first person with a criminal conviction to open a licensed cannabis dispensary in New York, making him the face of a $200 million effort to turn people once prosecuted for marijuana offenses into flagship sellers. Retailers like Mr. Conner, who already owned profitable businesses like gyms and restaurants, were recruited by state regulators with the offer of a head-start reaping legalization's windfall. Gov.
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This is super relevant for New York, where all of the same factors are at play — high taxes, tight rules, illicit competition, falling wholesale prices and more licensed outlets opening.
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