NY’s Stalled Cannabis Industry Awaits Friday Hearing

A state Supreme Court judge will hold a hearing on a challenge to the state’s retail cannabis licensing rules that has brought New York’s troubled recreational marijuana rollout to a halt. Earlier this month, Judge Kevin Bryant issued an injunction barring the state Office of Cannabis Management, or OCM, from licensing any new retail cannabis stores after four service-disabled veterans brought a lawsuit, saying that they were unfairly left out of the first round of…