New York S 10018: Relates to special provisions applying to applications for an adult-use retail dispensary license in a city having a population of one million people or more

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S10018 Summary:

BILL NOS10018 

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SPONSORCLEARE

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Add §61-a, Cannabis L

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Requires the cannabis board to review the five most recent years of relevant New York police department crime statistics from the precinct wherein the premises of a proposed dispensary is located and review and treat as binding the finding of any resolution passed by the community board regarding an adult-use retail dispensary license application in a city having a population of one million people or more.

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04/22/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10018

 IN SENATE

 April 22, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to special provisions
 applying to applications for an adult-use retail dispensary license in
 a city having a population of one million people or more

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 61-a to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 61-a. Special provisions applying to applications for an adult-use
 4 retail dispensary license in a city having a population of one million
 5 people or more. In making the decision to approve or deny an adult-use
 6 retail dispensary license in a city having a population of one million
 7 people or more, the cannabis control board shall:
 8 1. Review the five most recent years of relevant New York police
 9 department crime statistics from the precinct wherein the premises of
 10 the proposed dispensary is located.
 11 2. Review and treat as binding the finding of any resolution passed by
 12 the community board wherein the premises of the proposed dispensary is
 13 located.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15634-01-6

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