Marijuana

Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Office of General Services Commissioner Jeanette Moy to temporarily oversee the process after numerous bureaucratic issues largely stalled the transition to adult recreational sales.

Dozens of farmers and retail store license holders told the state’s Cannabis Control Board that bureaucratic delays and court injunctions have pushed them to the brink of bankruptcy.

The state's Office of Cannabis Management has approved a plan aimed at helping the state's legally licensed marijuana farmers.

The move could have helped the roughly 200 farmers who have obtained growing licenses from the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, which is overseeing the fledgling legal cannabis industry in New York.

2 years in, New York's legal cannabis industry has been plagued by numerous problems, including too many farmers licensed to grow marijuana, and too few stores to sell their products.

The weed shops have been popping up throughout Syracuse, but none operate legally because the state has yet to fully approve any licenses.

Since March 2021, recreational use of marijuana has been legal in New York.

The town already had a similar law on the books that bans tobacco smoking, but the new ordinance explicitly bans marijuana, which the state legalized for adult use last year.

The Syracuse Common Council met to discuss the local market as state officials are still finalizing the rules.

A local event space is relocating its pop-up market after a civil suit.