"Opting Out" of Dispensaries and Consumption Sites and Permissive Referendums Under New York’s Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA)
By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/21
The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (“MRTA”) provides towns, villages, and cities an opportunity to opt out of allowing retail dispensaries and on-site consumption licensees to operate within the municipality’s jurisdiction. To do so, the town, village, or city legislative body must adopt a local law by December 31, 2021, subject to a permissive referendum governed by Municipal Home Rule Law (“MHRL”) §24, requesting that the Cannabis Control Board (“CCB”) prohibit the establishment of...
By: Harris Beach PLLC