Legal Related Governor Cuomo says New York will Finally Legalize Weed this Year by Sophia Vida January 12, 2021 New York governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to legalize adult use of marijuana and mobile sports betting in the state this week. Cuomo made the pledge during his annual State of the State address in Albany on Monday. In fron...
Legal Related NY Governor Proposes to Legalize and Create an Equitable Adult-use Cannabis Program by Sophia Vida January 07, 2021 As part of the 2021 State of the State, New York governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a proposal to legalize and create a comprehensive system to oversee and regulate cannabis in the state. Under the Cuomo's proposal, a new Offi...
Legal Related Poll Says Majority of New Yorkers Support Marijuana Legalization by Sophia Vida November 04, 2020 According to a new poll, the support for marijuana legislation in the state of New York outpaces the opposition by a margin of two to one. A survey from Spectrum News and Ipsos asked respondents to rate their level of support f...
Legal Related Top Advisor to NY Governor Says Marijuana Legislation to be Introduced in January by Sophia Vida October 21, 2020 Assistant Counsel Axel Bernabe to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has said that cannabis legalization will again be introduced through the state budget in January, with the goal being to enact the reform by April. Bernabe also p...
Legal Related New NYC Law that Requires No Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Takes Effect by Sophia Vida May 15, 2020 A new New York law has taken effect which bans companies from requirement potential employees to partake in pre-employing testing for marijuana. There are exceptions to the new law that took effect over the weekend. The excepti...
Legal Related Zoom Could Be the Way that New York Legalizes Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 23, 2020 With the COVID-19 pandemic, New York has been very busy putting all of its focus and attention on that. Governor Andrew Cuomo had said the pandemic is the state’s main priority right now. He also said that a decision like mar...
Legal Related Medical Marijuana Outlets in NY to Stay Open as Essential Stores by Sophia Vida March 20, 2020 New York has been hit hard with the coronavirus with an estimate that thousands of cases exist in the state. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order this week instructing that non-essential businesses established telewo...
Legal Related Marijuana Decriminalization Law Takes Effect in New York by Sophia Vida August 29, 2019 New York's marijuana decriminalization law went into effect this week on Wednesday. With marijuana officially decriminalized in the state, criminal penalties have been eliminated for public possession and use of marijuana. N...
Legal Related This is Bernie Sander’s Marijuana Legislation Plan by Sophia Vida August 14, 2019 Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has been pretty vocal about where he stands on marijuana legislation. Sanders, who is the Senator of Vermont, has for years supported the legislation of marijuana. He has also laid out a s...
Legal Related New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Signs Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida July 30, 2019 It was a victorious day on Monday when New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that decriminalizes the use of marijuana. The bill also expunges the records of some who were convicted on marijuana-related charges. "Commun...
