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 *************
