With recreational marijuana sales beginning in New Jersey, New York is getting a good look at the potential tax revenue it's missing out on. But officials are hopeful that pot sales in the Empire State will be up and running by the end of the year.
"Well first, congratulations to New Jersey because they've done it, they've opened up for sales and I know everyone is excited on this side of the river and on that side," Tremaine Wright, Chair of New York’s Cannabis Control Board said. "We hope to be following in their footsteps very soon."
Those with past marijuana convictions and at least 2 years of experience running a business, will get the first shot at applying to run a dispensary. "Once those regulations are finalized, we'll begin that process and those operators should have their doors open with our farmers’ products on their shelves at the end of this year," Wright said.
This will have to be approved in the city’s budget, but Adams says he wants to focus on communities hardest hit by the war on drugs.
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