New York Can Continue Issuing Adult-Use Cannabis Licenses

New York can continue issuing adult-use cannabis licenses despite allegations that the state’s cannabis program unconstitutionally favors New York residents.

A prohibition on New York’s dispensary licensing program would harm the state’s adult-use cannabis industry, including the nearly 7,000 adult-use applicants and the nearly 400 dispensary applicants with provisionally approved licenses under the Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary License who “have invested substantial capital into their businesses,” Northern District of New York Judge Anne Nardacci said in her decision Friday.

“This is an important victory in our efforts to ensure that disproportionately impacted communities are given their fair share in the ...