Tag: laws
Oct
11
State shoots down this Long Island town’s local cannabis laws, finding them illegal and overreaching: ‘Nightmare is almost over’
Southampton’s local weed laws just went up in smoke as state cannabis officials blasted the town’s overly stringent rules as illegal and designed to intentionally block legal dispensaries from ever opening. The unanimous decision by the state’s Cannabis Control Board on Monday effectively torched Southampton’s local permitting scheme — a system that state-licensed cannabis business […]
Aug
28
Tony Southampton changed its zoning laws to block legal weed shop: lawsuit
Southampton schemed to block a licensed cannabis dispensary from opening in the ritzy beachfront town for more three years by doctoring its local zoning code, a new lawsuit claims. Brown Budda snagged a license from the state in 2022 and was on its way to becoming Long Island’s first dispensary — but the town government […]