There are nearly two-dozen more conditional cannabis dispensary licenses on their way to Long Island. But thanks to local pushback in a number of Nassau County communities, chances are very low one …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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4/18/23
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The Long Beach City Council, still weighing whether to reverse a decision it made in December 2021 to opt out of a New York state program to allow retail sales of marijuana, met with state cannabis …
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By Brendan Carpenter and James Bernstein
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2/2/23
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Now that recreational cannabis is legal in New York, the question is how those who want marijuana can actually get it.
If you’re someone with a past marijuana conviction — or related …
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By Karina Kovac
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3/17/22
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After a lengthy public hearing Tuesday night, the Glen Cove City Council voted unanimously to opt out of allowing cannabis retail dispensaries and onsite consumption locations. Opponents and proponents spoke passionately, offering facts and statistics to make their cases.
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By Jill Nossa
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1/21/22
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All seven villages in the Five Towns area are among the roughly 400 New York municipalities that opted out of allowing licenses for either marijuana consumption lounges or retail dispensaries within their jurisdictions by the mandated state deadline of Dec. 31.
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By Jeff Bessen and Lisa Margaria
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1/6/22
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The Town of Hempstead Board voted Dec. 8 to opt out of a New York state law that will take effect next year allowing the sale of marijuana at local retail shops.
The 7-0 vote was much to the …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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12/17/21
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The Town of Oyster Bay opted out of the state's marijuana legalization law, the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, allowing cannabis retail dispensaries and on-site consumption sites following a …
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By Annemarie Durkin
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12/10/21
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After listening to public comments by several residents in a regular board meeting outside Village Hall on Sept. 13, the village board of trustees unanimously voted to prohibit the retail sale of cannabis and the operation of dispensaries in the village.
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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9/23/21
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After years of legal wrangling among New York state lawmakers, the question of whether to legalize adult-use cannabis was decidedly settled with passage of the landmark Marijuana Regulation and …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/16/21
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The New York State Department of Health should move immediately to ban cookies laced with the THC chemical delta-8, a natural hemp extract that is now legal under the state’s medical marijuana law.
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7/8/21
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