New York announces the state's first recreational marijuana retailers

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published 21 November 2022

New York state regulators approved about three dozen licenses to operate the state's first retail dispensaries on Monday, a significant step towards the official launch of the legal market for recreational cannabis sales, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The permits approved on Monday will allow approved applicants to eventually open shop for the legal sale of marijuana in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Brooklyn, the state's most populous county, has been excluded from this round of applications due to ongoing litigation.

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Theara Coleman has worked as a staff writer at The Week since September 2022. She frequently writes about technology, education, literature and general news. She was previously a contributing writer and assistant editor at Honeysuckle Magazine, where she covered racial politics and cannabis industry news.

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