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Not NY, but saw the 1st NH Rec open this morning at 545 am and to be the 1st sale the oner called his grower to come and buy a $14 gram that SHE grew :wall: :wall: :wall: i can not WAIT to see how flat it is here with all the taxes and shady shit going on, i bet home growers/sticker shops continue to bury the shit show.
 
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The first two sentences are all I needed to read...

"Yet the team picked to raise and manage that money – an NBA Hall of Famer and a shoewear entrepreneur –"
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They have really set up the caurd program to a failure.


no store fronts
local farmers stuck with a lot of plant
 
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SB85 said:
They have really set up the caurd program to a failure.


no store fronts
local farmers stuck with a lot of plant
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Sucks, but doesn't really matter to me. Infact, while I've always only grew for myslef 1st and extras for little side income, i want them to get rolling and hopefully put the sticker shops out of buisness for the same year before rec can legally grow. The shops make it impossible to deal with even friends and family latley.
 
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MATTYMATT726 said:
Sucks, but doesn't really matter to me. Infact, while I've always only grew for myslef 1st and extras for little side income, i want them to get rolling and hopefully put the sticker shops out of buisness for the same year before rec can legally grow. The shops make it impossible to deal with even friends and family latley.
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I don't see them being able to stomp out the underground market/shops unless they beat them on price/quality[even though the quality is trash by my standards being as It lacks flavors/terps and is grown for quantity and false thc %].
 
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SB85 said:
I don't see them being able to stomp out the underground market/shops unless they beat them on price/quality[even though the quality is trash by my standards being as It lacks flavors/terps and is grown for quantity and false thc %].
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Oh no, they can't go lower in prices, but it is what it is. Loophole=illegal. There are just too many of them to close them all. Just gotta close the ones they can to get their customers. I don't see it happening. You have the base prices, the high as hell NY state taxes AND the tax based on THC levels. Good thing they are dumb as hell and don't care that THC isn't the be all to a good high. Idk, gonna be interesting to see it all going down.
 
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MATTYMATT726 said:
Oh no, they can't go lower in prices, but it is what it is. Loophole=illegal. There are just too many of them to close them all. Just gotta close the ones they can to get their customers. I don't see it happening. You have the base prices, the high as hell NY state taxes AND the tax based on THC levels. Good thing they are dumb as hell and don't care that THC isn't the be all to a good high. Idk, gonna be interesting to see it all going down.
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I am just happy that people are able to grow their own plants for both the med/rec side
 
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SB85 said:
I am just happy that people are able to grow their own plants for both the med/rec side
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Honestly, non med grows still it's not legal for a year after the open the dispensaries, but at this poi t, nobody is going to jail when they let MJ offenses finally have their freedom for stupid incarceration to begin with. They would just fine people and probably harass anyone they find groing what they think is a competitive amount. Honest3, with the clown bail reform and violence going on here, Buffalo cops won't care 1 bit about MJ. A 1w year olb boy took a not to a bank teller demanding money a mo th or 2 ago. Shit show here, so i feel good about growing for another year just fine.
 
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MATTYMATT726 said:
Honestly, non med grows still it's not legal for a year after the open the dispensaries, but at this poi t, nobody is going to jail when they let MJ offenses finally have their freedom for stupid incarceration to begin with. They would just fine people and probably harass anyone they find groing what they think is a competitive amount. Honest3, with the clown bail reform and violence going on here, Buffalo cops won't care 1 bit about MJ. A 1w year olb boy took a not to a bank teller demanding money a mo th or 2 ago. Shit show here, so i feel good about growing for another year just fine.
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Agree, doubt they are worried about personal grows while violent crime has gone on the rise.
 
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The Michigan resident who brought some New York retail cannabis licensing to a standstill has now also filed suit against the city of Los Angeles, with similar claims that the city’s marijuana licensing rules rely on unconstitutional residency requirements.

Kenneth Gay, the owner of Variscite Inc., obtained an injunction that halted some New York retail licensing, when a district judge ordered New York regulators to cease permitting in five regions until the lawsuit is resolved.

That suit is still ongoing, but the injunction prevented the New York Office of Cannabis Management from issuing 18 retail licenses so far in Brooklyn, central New York, Western New York, the mid-Hudson region, and the Finger Lakes area.

Gay also filed a similar lawsuit against the city of Sacramento in February, which is now headed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after a California district judge took a pass on deciding the case, Law360 reported. That case involves a different company also owned by Gay: Peridot Tree Inc.

Now, Gay has turned his sights to L.A., with similar claims that the city’s regulatory scheme violates the U.S. Constitution’s dormant commerce clause, Law360 reported.

The L.A. social equity program – and most of its marijuana business licensing to date – has focused on those with cannabis criminal convictions, but it also excludes anyone who doesn’t have such a record from within California and specific “disproportionately impacted areas” in the state.

Gay is targeting the upcoming Dec. 8 lottery in L.A. for 100 more retail storefront permits and alleged that city regulators refused to allow him to enter, since he’s not a California resident.

“Mr. Gay satisfies all three requirements, except that the relevant events occurred in Michigan rather than California,” his lawsuit reads.

Attorney Christian Kernkamp, who represents Gay, told Law360 that his client tried to settle with the city of L.A., but that regulators refused.

Gay is seeking an injunction against the L.A. Department of Cannabis Regulation and a declaration that the rules are unconstitutional, along with reparations for legal fees and costs.

Michigan Man Who Halted NY Licensing Suing Los Angeles (greenmarketreport.com)
 
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SB85 said:
The Michigan resident who brought some New York retail cannabis licensing to a standstill has now also filed suit against the city of Los Angeles, with similar claims that the city’s marijuana licensing rules rely on unconstitutional residency requirements.

Kenneth Gay, the owner of Variscite Inc., obtained an injunction that halted some New York retail licensing, when a district judge ordered New York regulators to cease permitting in five regions until the lawsuit is resolved.

That suit is still ongoing, but the injunction prevented the New York Office of Cannabis Management from issuing 18 retail licenses so far in Brooklyn, central New York, Western New York, the mid-Hudson region, and the Finger Lakes area.

Gay also filed a similar lawsuit against the city of Sacramento in February, which is now headed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after a California district judge took a pass on deciding the case, Law360 reported. That case involves a different company also owned by Gay: Peridot Tree Inc.

Now, Gay has turned his sights to L.A., with similar claims that the city’s regulatory scheme violates the U.S. Constitution’s dormant commerce clause, Law360 reported.

The L.A. social equity program – and most of its marijuana business licensing to date – has focused on those with cannabis criminal convictions, but it also excludes anyone who doesn’t have such a record from within California and specific “disproportionately impacted areas” in the state.

Gay is targeting the upcoming Dec. 8 lottery in L.A. for 100 more retail storefront permits and alleged that city regulators refused to allow him to enter, since he’s not a California resident.

“Mr. Gay satisfies all three requirements, except that the relevant events occurred in Michigan rather than California,” his lawsuit reads.

Attorney Christian Kernkamp, who represents Gay, told Law360 that his client tried to settle with the city of L.A., but that regulators refused.

Gay is seeking an injunction against the L.A. Department of Cannabis Regulation and a declaration that the rules are unconstitutional, along with reparations for legal fees and costs.

Michigan Man Who Halted NY Licensing Suing Los Angeles (greenmarketreport.com)
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I still don't even understand why this is a thing. NY business opportunities should be given to people in NY. I guess i am just dumb and don't understand what this guy is mad at and feelmlike he's being cheated. Why can't he open his own business in Michigan? Obviously he wanted the free skate and get it paid for, but if you put in the effort, he could get his start-up costs and obviously much profits in the MJ business.
 
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MATTYMATT726 said:
I still don't even understand why this is a thing. NY business opportunities should be given to people in NY. I guess i am just dumb and don't understand what this guy is mad at and feelmlike he's being cheated. Why can't he open his own business in Michigan? Obviously he wanted the free skate and get it paid for, but if you put in the effort, he could get his start-up costs and obviously much profits in the MJ business.
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That guy is being nothing but a huge pain in the ass. I really hope the judge allows things to move forward in the state of NY.
 
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A spokesperson for the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), Aaron Ghitelman, said in a statement to THE CITY: “We are allowing adult-use retail dispensary non-storefront delivery as a means of jumpstarting adult-use cannabis product sales,” adding that operational details will be coming as soon as next week about getting “non-store front delivery operations up and running.”


NYC Legal Weed Delivery Likely Approved Soon by Cannabis Regulator - THE CITY
 
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Here's an update on the delivery method


“We’re turbocharging delivery because we have a big crop coming,” said Axel Bernabe, chief of staff of New York’s Office of Cannabis Management, which oversees regulation of the new recreational cannabis market in the state. Bernabe, revealing the delivery plans in a phone interview, said that the dozens of people who have already received licenses to open retail shops will also be able to deliver by bicycle, scooter and other vehicles.




“We’ll be creative and different than other states,” Bernabe said. All forms of delivery would have security measures, such as lockboxes in couriers’ backpacks, prepaid purchases only and the use of GPS tracking systems. Deliveries will be to those aged 21 and over, with IDs checked at sale and upon delivery.




The individuals with retail licenses will be able to hire up to 25 delivery staffers per business, and deliver the marijuana from a warehouse rather than a retail location, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Cannabis Management. They will have as much as one year to do so before opening stores. No product can be sold directly from warehouses.



Securing warehouse space will be funded by the retail license owners themselves, according to a spokesperson.

“From a price perspective, it’s significantly less expensive to get up and running as a delivery outfit as they’re building out their product offering and a dispensary brand,” Bernabe said. “It also makes sure we get all that product through the supply chain.”



  • Retail licensees to secure a warehouse from which to fulfill delivery orders while building permanent dispensary locations for up to one year.
  • Customers to place online/phone orders only; no in-person sales or pick-up from the warehouse location.
  • Customers to make online pre-payments only; no cash payments from cannabis consumer to delivery employee
  • Delivery to be made by bicycles, scooters or other similar methods of transportation as well as motor-vehicles
  • Delivery to consumers 21+ in New York, with ID verification upon sale and delivery
  • Up to (25) delivery staff per business, per requirements in the New York Cannabis law



Where to Buy Weed in New York City? Bike, Scooter Deliveries Coming Soon - Bloomberg
 
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Update on Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary


However, the money to build out those locations is dependent on the state’s Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund, and the people DASNY picked to manage that fund – NBA Hall of Famer Chris Webber, his business partner Lavetta Willis, and a team at investment banking firm Siebert Williams Shank – have apparently not raised any of that money.

As a result, it seems the OCM is moving ahead on its own.

The agency “informed qualifying business CAURD provisional licensees that they can submit for approval their own proposed location for their retail store and may still qualify for financial support for renovations” from the social equity fund, according to an OCM press release.


“DASNY will continue the work of securing retail locations and locations will be matched with licensees as they become available,” the statement said.

“In one way it’s good, it gives us more freedom,” said Mike Golden, who applied for CAURD under his business, The Higher Calling. “Some people already have locations, and can get started quicker.”

“But this process has been frustrating,” he said. “Trying to plan for it, trying to adjust for it … we put our realtor on pause.”

So to hear today’s news, he said, “It’s like – ‘Really?’ We could’ve had some things in motion.”


With DASNY dropping the ball, NYS just changed course on its cannabis retail rollout (msn.com)
 
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