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’...

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...

FRB’s Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of the Elder Law Practice Group, was recently featured in Beyond the Balance Sheet, a podcast hosted by Diana Clark and Arden O’Connor of the O’Connor Professional...

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...

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman’s Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of the Elder Law Practice Group, is prominently featured in the April and May issues of Wolters Kluwer’s Of Counsel: The Legal Practice and...

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...