New York Cannabis: Social and Economic Equity Applicants

[ad_1] As we previously broadly summarized on December 27, 2022 (here), in late December 2022, the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) released its first proposed adult-use cannabis rules and regulation for New York (the “Proposed Regulations”). The official document is 282 pages, so we won’t cover every detail. But we will highlight the big-ticket items, significant issues that all applicants should be aware of, and the license application process as a whole.  This post will go…

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A Bluer Picture – The New York Times

[ad_1] The midterm polls continue to look dark for Democrats, as we explained in a newsletter last week. Inflation and Covid disruptions, as well as the normal challenges that a president’s party faces in midterms, are weighing on the party. As a result, the Republicans are heavily favored to retake control of the House. But the situation in the Senate looks different, my colleague Blake Hounshell points out. There are 10 potentially competitive Senate races…

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New York Man Who Killed Nicki Minaj’s Father In A Hit-And-Run Pleads Guilty

[ad_1] The driver accused of killing Nicki Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run last year has pleaded guilty. As you may recall, her dad Robert Maraj was walking in the village of Mineola, New York, back in February 2021 when he was hit by a 1992 Volvo Station Wagon driven by Charles Polevich. The man fled the scene after stopping to ask “if ‘he was ok.’” The 64-year-old was taken to the hospital where he succumbed…

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