By: Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq. and Terran Cooper Earlier this week, New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ordered an immediate halt to warrantless searches of licensed hemp retailers. These searches had been...
By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M. Earlier this morning, President Biden announced that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office to issue...
Hochul Signs Law to Revive Cannabis Farmers’ Markets (Growers’ Showcases) via New Event Permit
Jan 10, 2025
By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M. and Terran Cooper Heading into 2025 New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed two new cannabis related bills, one of which would bring back the previously discontinued Cannabis Growers’...
New York City Council Hearing Addresses Operation Padlock and New Regulations Targeting Unlicensed Cannabis Retailers
Sep 19, 2024
By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M., Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq., and Terran Cooper Earlier this week, the Committee on Finance of the New York City Council held a hearing to discuss the City’s ongoing enforcement efforts...
By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M., Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M., and Terran Cooper The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will call for cannabis to be rescheduled according to a report by the Associated Press. The...
By: Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. and Terran Cooper As New York State anticipates licensing hundreds more cannabis businesses in the coming months, New York State has permitted New York City to decouple from Section 280E of...
By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M., Michael A. Curatola, Esq., Ariel S. Holzer, Esq., Dana W. Sivak, Esq., and Terran Cooper In April, New York City Council member Lynn Schulman introduced a bill[1] that would prohibit...
The application for NY’s Cannabis Growers Showcase (CGS), in connection with the recently approved Resolution, is now live. Informally referred to as Cannabis Farmers Markets, the Cannabis Growers Showcase allows a...
By: Michael A. Curatola, Esq. and Terran Cooper, with contributions from Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M., and Ariel S. Holzer, Esq. In April 2023, New York City Councilmember Lynn C. Schulman introduced a bill to the City...
In last week’s Top Stories by Hofstra University’s Law News, alumni Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M., Chair of the Cannabis & Psychedelics and Healthcare Practice Groups at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman, was interviewed...