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New York hit with another lawsuit challenging marijuana social equity

By Main Hemp Patriot on May 18, 2024 No Comments / 30 views

Lawsuit-weary marijuana regulators in New York State have been hit with yet more litigation.

At issue – yet again – is New York’s controversial Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program, which prioritized “justice-impacted” individuals who could demonstrate harm caused by the war on drugs.

In a lawsuit filed May 9 in state Supreme Court in Albany County against New York’s Cannabis Control Board and Office of Cannabis Management, four plaintiffs – Organic Blooms, Niagara Nugget, Blackmark and Windward Management – point out that CAURD applicants were able to file an initial request for a state license without securing real estate and alerting the local municipality.

Those weren’t privileges extended to anyone who applied for a general license rather than a social equity permit

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