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New York allowed pot shops to open too close to schools. Now they might have to move
About 100 cannabis shops face uncertain futures due to a measurement error in school proximity rules, with officials proposing up to $250,000 relocation aid per business.
- New York licensed about 100 cannabis shops too close to schools due to incorrectly measuring from school doors instead of property lines.
- The shops, about 60 open and 40 licensed but not opened, are now in limbo and may have to relocate.
- The state is urging lawmakers for a fix to allow the shops to remain, and offering up to $250,000 to relocate.
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Oops: New York realizes it measured incorrectly when putting weed shops next to schools and 100 dispensaries are in limbo
The news was like dropping “a grenade in the laps” of business owners, said Osbert Orduña, who owns The Cannabis Place, now deemed to be too close to a nearby preschool.
New York Allowed Pot Shops to Open Too Close to Schools. Now They Might Have to Move
New York’s legal marijuana agency allowed dozens of cannabis dispensaries to open too close to schools after regulators misread state law and are now pushing for a legislative fix to prevent the pot shops from having to relocate.
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New York allowed pot shops to open too close to schools. Now they might have to move
New York’s legal marijuana agency allowed dozens of cannabis dispensaries to open too close to schools after regulators misread state law and are now pushing for a legislative fix to prevent the pot shops from having to relocate.
Since New York began licensing marijuana stores for recreational use about three years ago, the state has used a simple tactic to ensure that they stay at a legally established distance from local schools: measuring from the door of the dispensary to that of the school.
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