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The Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act was a bill under consideration by the New York State Legislature during the 2020–2021 session to legalize cannabis. It was contained in Part H of the revenue bills embodying Governor Andrew Cuomo 's budget proposal, A3009 and S2509.
The New York Farm Bureau supported the bill. [22] The district attorneys of Albany County and New York County (Manhattan), David Soares and Cyrus Vance Jr., published an op-ed in the New York Daily News supporting the bill, citing its correction of racial injustice and the freeing up of finite law enforcement resources for other matters. [23]
New York officials launched legal recreational marijuana sales by promising many of the first retail licenses to people with past drug convictions, hoping to give people harmed by the war on drugs ...
In 1977, New York decriminalized possession of 25 grams (7 ⁄ 8 oz) or less of marijuana, to an infraction with a $100 fine (equivalent to $500 in 2023). However, possession in public view remained a misdemeanor, and civil rights advocates stated that this was used as a loophole to unfairly arrest. A New York Times editorial noted in 2012:
New York’s coffers are starting to get a financial high from marijuana sales after a slow start. The Empire State is expected to generate $161.8 million in tax revenues from its legal weed ...
David Robinson, New York State Team June 14, 2024 at 3:20 AM New York regulators approved home grown cannabis rules this week, allowing adult New Yorkers to now possess up to 12 cannabis plants ...
A New York judge blocked the state's retail marijuana licensing program on Friday, dealing a devastating blow to the fledgling marketplace after a group of veterans sued over rules that allowed ...
The Office of Cannabis Management is a New York state government agency established upon passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) to implement a regulatory framework for medical and adult-use cannabis in the state of New York, along with hemp regulations as well.