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4th December 2023
US - New York: The New York Supreme Court has approved a settlement in two lawsuits that will now allow the Office of Cannabis Management to resume processing and reviewing conditional adult-use retail dispensary programme (CAURD) licences. The approved settlement could allow for the opening of 436 dispensaries by provisional CAURD licensees.28th November 2023
- US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board approved a settlement that could allow for the opening of 436 dispensaries by provisional conditional adult-use retail dispensary programme (CAURD) licensees. The settlement stems from a lawsuit brought by a group of military veterans seeking CAURD licences and must still be approved by the New York Supreme Court.
21st November 2023
- US - New York: The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has voted to amend rules on hemp cannabinoid products that restrict the amount of THC that can be contained in hemp products. The rules were initially proposed in July 2023 and set upper limits of THC and cannabinoids that may be contained in various hemp product formats. For example, hemp products that are orally consumed, like edibles and beverages, may not contain more than 1 mg THC per serving or 10 mg per package. Products that contain more would be treated as cannabis products.
14th November 2023
- US - New York: A state court has ruled that state regulators did not follow proper procedure in imposing an emergency rule that limits the amount of THC in hemp products. The emergency rule, which was enacted in July 2023, required that hemp products have a CBD-to-THC ratio of at least 15:1 in ingestible products and set a THC cap by product format. The court concluded that regulators did not sufficiently justify imposing an emergency rule and should have used standard channels of rulemaking, including a public comment period. Therefore, the rule may not be enforced for the time being, and any such rule must be adequately justified as an emergency or else go through standard rulemaking procedures.
18th October 2023
- US - New York: The New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced that it is extending the application deadline to apply for recreational cannabis licences. The deadline for non-provisional retail and microbusiness licences has been extended to 17th November, while the deadline for all other licences has been extended to 18th December.
13th September 2023
US - New York: The New York State Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved proposed regulations for recreational cannabis, which will allow for general licence applications to start being submitted from 4th October. Holders of conditional cultivator and processor licences that have already been issued will also be able to apply for full, non-conditional licences. The CCB also approved a resolution to allow registered organisations, which mostly consist of multi-state operators, to apply for recreational cannabis licences at a date to later be determined by the Office of Cannabis Management. Although the CCB’s actions pave the way for companies to apply for general recreational cannabis licences, a judge has stopped the issuance of new conditional adult-use recreational licences while a lawsuit challenging the process is litigated.
30th August 2023
- US - New York: A week after exempting 30 cannabis businesses from an injunction and allowing them to open for business, a judge reversed the exemptions, citing misrepresentations by state regulators, press reports. The court's previous order allowed licence applicants who had met all licensing approvals prior to 7th August to proceed in the licensing process, but the judge found on Tuesday (29th August) that the 30 applicants originally exempt from the hold on applications had not sufficiently advanced in the process to be exempt.
28th August 2023
- US - New York: A judge has ruled that 30 dispensaries deemed "ready to open" are exempt from an injunction on the issuance of new conditional adult-use retail dispensary (CAURD) licences, press reports. These dispensaries will be allowed to open, despite the injunction on new licences, while a lawsuit challenging the process of issuing CAURD licences is litigated. However, hundreds of other applications for licences remain in limbo.
23rd August 2023
- US - New York: A judge issued an injunction to stop issuance of new conditional adult-use recreational licences (CAURD) while a lawsuit challenging the process is litigated. A group of disabled military veterans filed a lawsuit earlier this month claiming that the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) overstepped its authority under New York’s 2021 Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) by opening the licensing application window first to those with previous cannabis offences and their immediate family rather than allowing all applicants to apply at the same time. The injunction, however, does not affect pending applicants who met all licensing approvals prior to 7th August.
9th August 2023
New York: The state Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction preventing the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) from issuing and approving conditional adult-use retail dispensary (CAURD) licences to social equity applicants, press reports. The temporary suspension comes in response to a lawsuit filed on 4th August by a group of disabled military veterans claiming the state’s system of awarding and issuing licences violates the state constitution. They also argue that the OCM overstepped its authority under New York’s 2021 Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) by opening the licensing application window first to those with previous cannabis offences and their immediate family rather than allowing all applicants to apply at the same time. The measure affects more than 400 CAURD licensees throughout the state following the recent approval of 212 social equity retail licences.
20th July 2023
US - New York: The state Cannabis Control Board (CCB) has approved the Cannabis Growers Showcase, a pioneer initiative allowing licensed cannabis growers to partner with adult-use retailers and processors for in-person sales events, thereby allowing licensed sales outside of dispensaries. The initiative attempts to grow New York’s legal cannabis market and set the state as the first in the US to allow such sales at state-sanctioned locations. The CCB has also provisionally approved an additional 212 Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licences and approved emergency regulations for hemp cannabinoid products that require a CBD-to-THC ratio of at least 15:1 and prohibit the sale of hemp products with more than 0.5 mg of THC per serving to under-21s.
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