One Brooklyn community leader who secured a Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) license — a program designed to help justice-impacted individuals enter the market — has reportedly completed the required build-out and paperwork but is still waiting for final approval to begin sales.
The delay reflects broader problems that have slowed New York’s rollout, including legal disputes, shifting regulations and administrative bottlenecks. While new dispensaries continue to open across the state, many equity licensees say they are left paying rent and expenses on storefronts that cannot yet operate.
Advocates warn that the prolonged setbacks risk undermining the state’s promise to give communities harmed by past cannabis enforcement a meaningful foothold in the new legal market.
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