April 5, 2024
Social Equity Cannabis Fund Eyed to Quell N.Y. Illicit Market
*********** Spectrum News 1 **********
April 3, 2024
Social Equity Advocates are Calling on State Legislators to
Stay True to the Restorative Justice Goal of the
Marijuana Legislation by Including Funds in This Year’s Budget
to Support Individuals Disproportionately Impacted
by Marijuana Prohibition
*********** Press Release **********
February 6, 2024
The Failure of the Private Investment Community to
Equitably Fund License Holders Participating in the
Seeding Opportunity Initiative Makes It Imperative that
State Funds be Used to Support Social Equity Applicants
Seeking Full Licenses
*********** Press Release **********
February 6, 2024
Rescuing New York’s Cannabis Rollout from Imminent Failure
Will Take More than Simply Issuing Licenses and
Closing Down Unlicensed Operators
*********** Press Release **********
October 12, 2023
After Troubled Start, New York Is Shaking Up
Its Legal Marijuana Market with New Competitors
********** Associate Press **********
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 *************
