New York’s path to legal weed

Other than federal reform, the biggest cannabis regulatory question this year is whether New York will manage to legalize REC. In addition to creating a huge new market, thriving weed businesses in New York City would signal to the rest of the country, and much of the world, that legalization is inevitable.

For the last two years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has enthusiastically backed legalization. Even after Covid shut down much of the economy and state government last spring, he continued to push for it. 

“We were in good shape last year,” said David Mangone . . .