New York

New York Loosens Strict Testing Requirements for Cannabis Cultivators

Regulators in New York this week lifted a stringent requirement that cannabis growers in the state had decried as an…

3 years ago

Schumer: Senate ‘Very Close’ To Passing SAFE Banking Act

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that he and his colleagues are “very close” to passing legislation that would…

3 years ago

Tracing Cookies’ evolution from The Bay to the Big Apple

I first heard about Cookies when I was a high school student in San Francisco. Now, I’m an NYC transplant…

3 years ago

New York Regulators Release Guidelines For Cannabis Retailers

The New York Office of Cannabis Management on Friday released new guidance for retail adult-use cannabis dispensaries, only weeks before…

3 years ago

New Cookies store lights up downtown NYC [Photo gallery]

Cannabis influencers and celebrities came to celebrate the New York Cookies store grand opening in Manhattan. Here are the unforgettable…

3 years ago

No you can’t buy weed at Cookies’ New York store, yet [FAQs]

San Francisco’s staple cannabis brand is debuting a new store in NYC this weekend. Here’s what you need to know…

3 years ago

Meet Mandi Drake, one of Leafly’s Budtenders of the Year

Budtender of the year Mandi Drake says cannabis changed her life for the better. Now she's helping new patients find…

4 years ago

‘I smell some weed,’ NYC mayor delighted by Times Square dank

The mayor couldn’t control his joy after catching a whiff of weed during a press conference in the Manhattan. This…

4 years ago

Mayor Eric Adams appoints Dasheeda Dawson as Cannabis NYC founding director

Dasheeda Dawson will be the first director of Cannabis NYC, the city's Small Business Services support initiative for the cannabis…

4 years ago

New York ‘Scrambling’ To Develop Cannabis DUI Test

As New York hurtles toward the opening of its new legal recreational marijuana market, the state is apparently “scrambling to…

4 years ago