NY Cannabis

Zig-Zag just stepped out of the smoke and into the spotlight. On Sunday, the 145-year-old rolling paper brand took over New York’s Times Square for what many in the industry are calling a defining moment. As presenting sponsor of Cannabis Now's third annual 4/20 Countdown, Zig-Zag dropped the...

Staten Island's first legal weed shop is going to be run by an unlikely business team made up of two men from the Jewish and Muslim faiths, who together intend to show the world that people of their backgrounds can work and prosper together. "We want to show what happens when Jews and Muslims work...

Jeffrey Schultz has joined Foley Hoag LLP as a partner in its Business Department and Cannabis Industry practice, where he will focus on corporate and securities law matters, early company financings and state-law cannabis regulatory matters. Schultz, a resident in the firm’s New York...

North Dakota marijuana activists managed to gather enough signatures to submit a petition for placing recreational cannabis legalization on the ballot scheduled for November. The group had a task of submitting 15,582 valid signatures, or 2% of the state’s population,...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced on Wednesday her final two appointees to regulate the state’s adult-use marijuana market.   The newly named regulators, Reuben McDaniel III and Jessica García, do not require confirmation by lawmakers, reported Marijuana Moment. "...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to step down as of 8/24. Mr. Cuomo will be replaced by Kathy Hochul, the Lt. Governor of New York. We believe this transition likely puts the New York rollout of recreational cannabis back on track and may even accelerate the time line of initial sales...