The wait is (almost) over! During the September 12, 2023 Cannabis Control Board (CCB) meeting, the CCB announced that New York’s full, adult-use cannabis license application portal will open on October 4, 2023. The CCB meeting covered a number of other important topics, but we’ll save those for another post. For anyone planning on applying for an adult-use license, here are the important things to know about the application process:
The application portal is “planned” to open on October 4, 2023 at 8am and will be open until December 4, 2023 at 5 pm. New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) plans to accept adult-use cannabis license applications for the following license types: Cultivators; Processors; Distributors; Microbusinesses; and Retail Dispensaries. The OCM will review and approve retail dispensary and microbusiness applicants with a proposed location secured by November 3, 2023 at 5 pm. It is unclear how exactly the staged review will work (particularly in the context of the required notification to municipality) but we expect the timing to be addressed as part of the OCM’s subsequent FAQs. As a reminder, applicants no longer need to have a location secured prior to applying. The implication is that
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