New York won’t issue any more adult-use cannabis retail licenses for at least another two weeks as the latest legal challenge to the state’s tortuous marijuana legalization experiment is resolved.
After hearing arguments on Friday from state cannabis regulators and attorneys representing a group of military veterans shut out from applying for a retail license, New York Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant gave both parties two weeks to work out an arrangement.
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If they cannot, the parties will appear again in court in late August, Bryant ruled.
“I need some reasonable minds with some good ideas that can make everyone flourish,” the judge said.
Additional arguments are due Aug. 15, Bryant ruled.
The OCM did not immediately respond to an MJBizDaily request for comment about Friday’s ruling.
In the meantime, a temporary injunction will remain in place preventing the state’s Cannabis Control Board and Office of
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