The New York State Supreme Court granted a temporary injunction that prevents the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) from issuing and approving retail marijuana licenses to social equity applicants.
The temporary injunction, issued Monday, will be in place at least until Friday, when oral arguments will be heard seeking a longer-term injunction.
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A longer-term injunction could prevent hundreds of conditional adult-use retail dispensary (CAURD) operators from opening for months.
“If the long-term injunction is granted at Friday’s hearing it could be in place until at least mid-September or early October,” Fatima Afia, a marijuana attorney at New York City-based Rudick Law Group, told MJBizDaily via email.
“So most CAURD applicants and non-operational CAURD licensees could lose some of the first-movers advantage they otherwise would have had if the license application window for the broader adult-use program opens in October as previously announced by OCM.”
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