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...

By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M. and Terran Cooper, with contributions from Michelle S. Kabel, Esq. The blockchain and cannabis industries are two of the newest and largest markets to emerge in our lifetime. Both blockchain...

By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M., Hon. Ruth Bogatyrow Kraft, and Terran Cooper Don’t Forget, Cannabis Businesses Are Still Businesses: Overlooked Employment Considerations Working in the cannabis industry is no walk in the...

By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M. with contributions from Terran Cooper Since the early 1970s, a vast majority of psychedelic substances have been classified as having no recognized medical value and a high potential for...