Cannabis vendors can soon appeal zoning to state. OCM Director of External Affairs Jason Salmon speaking at the industry forum at the Bayview on the Water in Freeport Thursday.

Daron Driscoll has spent months preparing the location to be transformed into a cannabis dispensary but faced issues as the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is yet to approve his vendor license.

CGS is a temporary program and OCM is accepting applications from July 19, 2023, through December 1, 2023, with the deadline for the completion of all showcases being January 1, 2024.

On June 1, 2022, the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved the first set of regulations for New York State’s adult-use cannabis industry (the Regulations).