Governor Hochul Announces Opening of First New York Cannabis Dispensary Owned by a Justice Impacted Individual

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the first Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary license in New York State owned by an entrepreneur previously criminalized by cannabis prohibition and supported by the New York Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund, will open at 144 Bleecker Street in Manhattan on Tuesday, January 24 at 10:00 AM. This store opening helps advance New York's goals of equity in cannabis licensing, which prioritizes providing licenses to justice-involved individuals, who are people with a cannabis conviction or a close relative of someone with one.

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