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GOV. KATHY HOCHUL LOOKING AT "CHANGES" IN CANNABIS LEADERSHIP, FRUSTRATED WITH
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, in Syracuse Monday to discuss the state budget, continues to
express frustrations with the Office of Cannabis Management (Photo by CNY
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, in Syracuse to discuss the budget on Monday, doubled down on
her frustrations with the way the state's cannabis regulators are operating.
"I'm not satisfied. I want more enforcement, I want to make sure that we are
looking at leadership. I'm looking at opportunities to make major changes,"
Hochul said.
This was part of her answer to CNY Central's questions about whether leadership
at the Office of Cannabis Management should be concerned about their jobs given
the glaring problems. A sluggish rollout of legal licenses has allowed tens of
thousands of illegal cannabis shops to pop up statewide. Playing catchup, the
state employs just 14 investigators to look into illicit operations.
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"We have to have enforcement to make sure the illegal shops are shutdown," Gov.
Hochul said.
Hochul is backing legislation to give local law enforcement the capability to
padlock illegal shops quickly and easily, with data making it clear the current
system isn't working. On Monday the OCM announced that their investigators,
partnering with officials with the Department of Taxation and Finance, have
inspected 60 shops over the course of the past few years, seizing hundreds of
pounds of drugs with an estimated value of $3,391,545. Experts believe there are
around 36,000 illegal shops currently operating across the state.
Gov. Hochul's public criticism of the agency echoes concerns in a letter sent by
six of the 12 members of the Senate Subcommittee on Cannabis on Friday to the
Cannabis Control Board and OCM. The bipartisan group is demanding that the state
regulators "do better," pointing to a meeting that the board abruptly cancelled
in January to look at retail licenses. Only three dispensaries were set to be
approved, when previously the stated goal was 250 retailers.
Central New York signatories include John Mannion (D), North Syracuse, and
Pamela Helming, (R) Canandaigua. According to data cited in the letter, New
Jersey has recorded more than double the marijuana sales of New York with about
half the state's population.
A letter cosigned by Sen. John Mannion and Sen. Pamela Helming, among others, to
tell the Cannabis Control Board to "do better" on Friday, Feb. 2Click here to
view the PDF file.
Joe Rossi, the Cannabis Practice Group Leader at Park Strategies in North
Syracuse, argues that the only way out of this hole is to get more adult-use
shops approved, noting that thousands of New Yorkers have already paid for
physical shop locations left in limbo waiting for a license.
"The Governor has said what we've all been saying privately, which is this
program is a disaster. It's going at a glacial pace, if it was going any slower
it'd be going in reverse," Rossi said.
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Rossi believes that Gov. Hochul can "right the ship," and the Governor said that
her team is working around the clock on fixing the issues at hand. She was quick
to once again point out that the original recreational use laws came under
Governor Andrew Cuomo, claiming she had no control over how legislation was
written as his Lt. Governor in early 2021.
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