A group representing licensed medical marijuana operators in New York is suing the state over a $20 million “special licensing fee” that the lawsuit calls “punitive and unconstitutional.”
The suit is the latest in a string of legal challenges that have contributed to a shaky rollout of New York’s recreational cannabis industry.
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The lawsuit, filed by the New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association (NYMCIA) in the State Supreme Court in Albany, alleges that the Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board “overstepped their authority, subverted the intention of the state Legislature in the 2021 Marihuana Regulation And Taxation Act (MRTA) and assessed a punitive tax in the guise of a special licensing fee,” according to a news release.
The MRTA, signed
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