An applicant in upstate New York seeking a cannabis cultivation and processor license is suing regulators in the latest legal challenge to alleged “priority” status in the state.
Tree Hill Innovations, operated by Marguerite Mikol of Saugerties, filed a petition claiming certain applicants were given “extra priority” by submitting up to three applications in a lottery designed to vet requests, according to the Albany Times Union.
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The lawsuit against the state’s Cannabis Control Board and Office of Cannabis Management alleges regulators changed licensing application rules last year in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner without informing the public, the newspaper reported.
According to the suit, Mikol has invested more than $700,000 to establish operations, including the purchase of 67 acres in Ulster County.
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