Brooklynite Bernie Sanders: "I am once again asking for your support..." to legalize cannabis in New York already.
For more info on NY's current #cannabis legalization initiative check out @startsmartNY
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New York- Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Assembly Majority Leader, has an expungement clinic scheduled for Saturday April 24, 2021 . 10am-1pm in Buffalo , NY
Please call 716-897-9714 to pre-register for this free public event.
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New York's rec cannabis market could be worth ~$7 billion once fully rolled out.
@jfberke and I reached out to the top regulators, executives, and advocates in the state and rounded up a list of 27 power players to watch as the market shapes up
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BREAKING: New York lawmakers have just released the full text of a revised bill to legalize marijuana that has been negotiated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Votes on passage are expected within days.
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New York is legalizing cannabis 🗽🗽🗽
New York legislators and Cuomo have reached a deal to legalize and tax recreational marijuana https://t.co/sxc0KKOL1e via @bpolitics
BIG: As New York lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo negotiate a deal on marijuana legalization, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is siding with legislators and snubbing the governor’s proposal.
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On the efforts to achieve marijuana reform in NY:
I'm urging leaders in Albany to keep front & center the effort to repair the harm done by prohibition
And I look forward to continuing the fight to end the federal prohibition on marijuana and undo the damage of the War on Drugs
***Statement in Response to Reports of a Likely Deal Between Albany Lawmakers on Marijuana Legalization in New York State***
"The best interests of Black and Latinx communities must be at the heart of legalization..." #PassTheMRTA
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Policy report by NYC & HV Cannabis Industry Associations in support of Home Grow.
"An individual's small scale, at-home gardening ("Personal Cultivation") of a reasonable number of cannabis plants for personal consumption, or for any purpose other than sale should be legal in t
🚨BREAKING🚨 New @SienaResearch Poll Shows Nearly 60% of New Yorkers Support Marijuana Legalization 📢 FULL STATEMENT from @DPA_NY Director @mooremeliss IN THREAD 👇 https://t.co/v6AAizpJH8
I wrote about the importance of justice in marijuana legalization in an op-ed for the @DandC. It’s time to invest in the communities that have been wronged by the War on Drugs.
Read it below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Cannabis legalization makes dollars and sense, but we also need justice
#PassTheMRTA to:
✅ Reinvest tax revenue into Black & brown communities
✅ Address criminal penalties & expunge marijuana convictions
✅ Create economic opportunities for previously communities targeted