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Jeffrey Hoffman is a New York City-based attorney who hosts “Ask Me Anything about Cannabis Legalization in New York” each week on LinkedIn. Hoffman and NY Cannabis Insider have partnered to bring those sessions into print in a Q&A format.
Hoffman’s practice focuses on cannabis industry clients, including licensees in the adult-use market, practitioners in the medical cannabis space, and cannabis-adjacent product and service providers.
He has a particular interest in social and economic equity cannabis license applicants, and he also informs and assists those convicted of cannabis offenses in getting such convictions expunged from their record. He can be reached at [email protected].
The following AMA from June 28 has been edited for length and clarity.
What happened with the farmers’ markets?
So it does seem that for a while there was a bit of a furtive attempt to try to deal with the backlog of unsold product from the first harvest here in New York, and that maybe those markets would be one possible solution. But now it looks like they’re a no go and the only option that cleared the legislature was to allow wholesaling to the tribal nations.
Did the governor really say padlocks on doors and go after landlords?
Indeed she did at her press conference in Brooklyn. Padlock the doors, six figure fines to the landlords, and then take their buildings. I’ve been talking about this for a while now – Brad Racino and I went and looked at some of the transcripts from my past shows and I do believe it was last summer when we started talking about this stuff. So let’s get on it.
When are the next round of licenses going to be issued?
The next round of licenses will be issued at the next Cannabis Control Board meeting which may come in July. There are 49 CAURD licenses, not including any of the nonprofits, that they haven’t given…
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