With New York regulators set to begin accepting applications for the first round of adult-use marijuana retailer licenses for justice-involved people on Thursday, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has released a regional breakdown showing how those initial dispensary approvals will be distributed in regions across the state.
This is just the first step toward launching recreational marijuana sales, with regulators showing their commitment to promoting industry equity by prioritizing people who have been directly impacted by the drug war. Applications for additional retailers will be more broadly accepted in the future.
But for now, OCM has provided a geographical breakdown of the maximum number of conditional adult-use retail dispensaries (CAURD). Up to 150 licenses will be awarded across 14 regions of the state, with most concentrated in New York City boroughs like Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island.
Here’s the table showing the regional distribution of the special license type:
“The primary goal of the CAURD license is to create opportunities for New Yorkers harmed most by the prohibition of cannabis,” Aaron Ghitelman, a spokesperson for OCM, told Marijuana Moment. “Part of that is granting up to 150 CAURD licenses to individuals who themselves, or their close family members, have
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