A dozen NYC-based cannabis businesses are suing to block the state Office of Cannabis Management from enforcing a newly reinterpreted school-distance rule, arguing the abrupt reversal threatens to wipe out their businesses and undermine the state's equity goals.
The group is among 152 dispensaries and license holders affected by the OCM's decision last month to reinterpret its buffer rule to measure from a school's property line rather than its entrance.
Seven of the businesses — ConBud, Summit Canna LLC, The Cannabis Place, Hush, High Fade, Housing Works Cannabis Co., and Common Courtesy Dispensary LLC — hold final licenses from the Cannabis Control Board and operate at locations previously reviewed and approved under the old standard.
The other five — Rezidue, Elise Pelka LLC, Luxe Leaf Boutique LLC, Toastree LLC, and Monarch NYC LLC — have provisional licenses. According to the lawsuit, all have invested heavily in their locations, with three completing build-outs and awaiting final virtual inspections.
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