New York expands legal marijuana licenses — but some would-be retailers feel left behind

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New York is easing restrictions on who can apply for marijuana retail licenses as it struggles to open dispensaries.

New York has yet to cash in on legal marijuana as it struggles to open enough retail dispensaries and rein in illicit operators.

While likely to be a boon for the state's overall legal market, the change might leave behind hundreds of social-equity businesses that have been unable to open amid legal challenges to their legitimacy. He was awarded a coveted dispensary license last year on the basis of his prior marijuana-related convictions. It was a part of New York's Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary, or CAURD, program, which has thus far limited retail licenses only to this group.

 

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