Search results for "New York City"
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Current Events
What’s Happening in New York Now That Cannabis is Legal?
October 15, 2021New York's new Gov. Kathy Hochul is hyping the coming cannabis boom in the state —...
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Grow
The Ganjier: A New Class of Cannabis Professional
August 8, 2021The Ganjier Certification Program provides a deeper cannabis education for budtenders and other cannabis professionals working...
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Politics
Cuomo Pledges Legal Cannabis for New York in 2020, But Where’s the Equity?
January 25, 2020The new budget just released by New York's Gov. Andrew Cuomo includes his promised cannabis legalization...
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Politics
One City Is Funding ‘Reparations’ With Cannabis Tax Revenue
December 6, 2019The Chicago suburb of Evanston has become the first city in the United States to put...
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Economics
New CBD Law Could Create More Hassles For New York Bodegas
July 30, 2019Legislators in New York want to license the CBD marketplace.
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Politics
New York State Legalization Bill Dies as Decriminalization Expands
June 21, 2019A long hoped-for cannabis legalization bill died in the New York state assembly, but reform advocates...
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Legal
Activists Back Last-Ditch Bid for New York Cannabis Legalization in 2019
May 30, 2019With the end of the legislative session in Albany closing in, a new bill has been...
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Economics
Northern Swan’s Newest Appointees Vindicate AOC’s Critique of Cannabis Legalization
May 23, 2019Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won praise from activists when she decried a white-dominated legal cannabis industry. As if...
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Politics
The Push for ‘Day One Equity’ in New York’s Legalization Effort
March 6, 2019With rival cannabis legalization bills now pending in New York, state activists are demanding "Day One...
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Legal
New York Bodegas Want the Right to Sell Marijuana
February 27, 2019All in favor, say: “Aye, I’m walkin’ here!”
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Legal
New York Marijuana Legalization Has a Bad Precedent: New York Medical Marijuana
January 26, 2019New York still offers very few ways to secure medical marijuana.
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Q&A
Meet the Activists Leading the Charge for Cannabis Equity in New York
January 16, 2019Advocates are already working hard to ensure New York’s soon-to-legal market and existing medical marijuana industry...
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Culture
Will Marijuana Be Legal in New York in Time for Woodstock 50?
January 9, 2019Organizers just announced that the 50th-anniversary edition of Woodstock will be held this August in New...
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Politics
De Blasio Backs Reform: Legal Pot in a New York Minute?
December 21, 2018The mayor of America’s most iconic city announced he is backing the legalization of marijuana in...
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Industry Events
As New York’s Cannabis Prospects Grow Brighter, the State’s Media Gathers to Learn
December 19, 2018With legal marijuana seemingly on its way to the Empire State, members of the media put...
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Joint Opinions
New York’s Andrew Cuomo Wants Marijuana Legalization for All The Wrong Reasons
December 15, 2018Rather than challenge powerful interests or make risky political decisions, mainstream centrists are embracing marijuana legalization...
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Politics
2018 Midterm Results Boost Odds for Legal Cannabis in New York
November 8, 2018The push to legalize cannabis in the Empire State got a significant boost on Election Day as...
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Culture
Back Pedaling: Inside New York’s Illegal Cannabis Bike Delivery System
October 2, 2018New York City’s growing cannabis bike delivery industry is sustainable, convenient, full of life-threatening hazards and...
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Culture
LISTEN: Rene Soto, Former New York Cannabis Kingpin, Talks Cannabis Delivery & More
October 2, 2018Cannabis Now sat down with iconic New York City cannabis distributor Rene Soto to chat about...
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Politics
Activists Bash Trump’s ‘Global Call’ to Renew Drug War at U.N.
September 27, 2018As the United Nations General Assembly met in New York this week, President Trump issued a...