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​July 19, 2023

Social Equity Advocates Implore Governor to Rescue the

Cannabis Social Equity Program from Imminent Failure in

New York and in Federal Cannabis Policy Making


*********** Press Release ***********

June 15, 2023

Governor Hochul Keep Your Promise:

Replace Reuben McDaniel with a Person that has the

Fortitude to Take on the ROs and MSOs


*********** Press Release ***********

June 9, 2023

Striving for Social Equity in New York's Cannabis Industry:

A Call for Action


*********** The Bluntness ***********

June 6, 2023

Roadblocks and Red Tape: New York's

Cannabis Effort at a Crossroads


*********** New York Times ***********

June 5, 2023

Social Equity is on the Brink of Failure in New York


*********** Press Release ***********

May 25, 2023

Thousands of Pounds of Marijuana,

But Not Enough Stores to Sell It


************ Times Union ************

May 22, 2023

The Chief Equity Officer Must Go!


*********** Press Release ***********

May 1, 2023

Funding Conditional Cannabis Cultivators at the Expense of the

Social Equity Population is Not a Viable Solution to the

Haphazard Rollout of the MRTA


*********** Press Release *************

January 31, 2023

Will The Empire State Live Up To Its

Equity Goals For Cannabis?


*********** PBS: MetroFocus *************

January 18, 2023

NYS Eyes Pot Shop Sites


************ Newsday **************

December 20, 2022

To Curtail the Proliferation of Retail Establishments (Smoke Shops)

Illegally Selling Cannabis Without a License, Let’s

Monetarily Sanction Landlords as Well as Retail Operators


*********** Press Release *************

December 2, 2022

OCM’s Award of 36 CAURD Social Equity Dispensary Licenses

Puts a Face on the CAURD Licensees Being Set Up to Fail


************ Press Release *************

December 2, 2022

New York Cannabis Launch Turning Into Bad Trip,

Social Justice Critics Claim


*********** New York Post *************

November 21, 2022

New York Issues First Licenses for Legal Pot Dispensaries


*********** Associated Press ************

November 9, 2022

New York's Complicated Start to Cannabis Equity


************* Albany Proper **************

November 4, 2022

Is Seeding Opportunity Initiative Planting Seeds of Fairness

as Originally Intended by the MRTA


************ Press Release *************

March 8, 2022

Advocates Say Black and Brown Cannabis Cultivators Left Out


************ Times Union *************















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