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Introducing the Marijuana Opt-Out Tracker. By Heather Trela. The end of the year brings a looming deadline for municipalities in New York State. When the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA) legalized adult-use/recreational marijuana earlier this year, one of its provisions permitted towns, cities, and villages the opportunity to opt out of the state issuing licenses for marijuana ...
Cities, Towns and Villages in New York State that Opted Out of . Allowing Retail Dispensaries and/or Consumption Sites by Region. Source: OCM. Notes: A municipality that opted out of allowing retail dispensaries and/or consumption sites before December 31, 2021 can, at any time, opt back in by repealing the local ordinance.
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Jan 25, 2022 · The data show at least 34 percent of New York’s 1,528 cities, villages and towns passed a local cannabis opt-out law prior to Dec. 31, the deadline to do so. To see which locales have opted out ...
o A full list of municipalities that opted out can be found on the local government page of the Office website. • A minimum distance of 2,000 feet between adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries in municipalities with a population less than 20,000. • A minimum distance of 1,000 feet between adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries in
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- What’s Next For Legalization in New York
To be clear, New York communities could not opt-out of adult-use legalization as a whole or deny other types of licenses such as those for cultivation, manufacturing, or delivery. The MRTA only gave the option of opting out of certain types of cannabis licenses. New York municipalities did notban: 1. Possession of cannabis 2. Cannabis consumption (...
For New York municipalities that opted in, business licenses, including dispensaries, will be issued by the Cannabis Control Board once they have finalized the application process. Some already have been issued. Since the December 31st deadline has passed, opt-in areas cannot legally rescind the decision. The state crafted this provision to stabili...
New York required all municipalities that whished to opt out of the state’s adult-use cannabis program to do so prior to December 31, 2021. More than two years later, the complete list of municipalities which are staying out of the cannabis business is available. While adults over 21 will still be able to purchase, use, cultivate, and have their ca...
Many towns and villages are still undecided. Some are leaving it up to public vote, while others have scheduled meetings to address the question.
If your town opted out of New York’s legal cannabis program, that doesn’t mean you can’t use cannabis. However, if you’d like your town to participate, you can still appeal to your legislators to join in. Your town’s elected officials, including a town council or mayor can pass a law overturning the ordinance banning cannabis businesses. New York s...
New Yorkers shouldn’t feel too concerned despite the vast number of initial opt-out localities. As it turns out, cannabis retail hesitancy is very common in the early stages of adult-use implementation. In New Jersey, for example, nearly three-quarters of municipalities opted out of six categories of marijuana licenses at first. Florida, Colorado, ...
Adult-use cannabis possession and use by adults 21 years of age or older in accordance with the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA), is legal in New York State. To opt-out of allowing adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries or on-site consumption licenses, a municipality must pass a local law by December 31, 2021 or nine months after the ...
Jan 26, 2022 · Just 10% of cities across the state and about a third of municipalities have opted out of all cannabis sales in their jurisdictions before the Dec. 31 deadline, New York cannabis regulators said ...
