New York A 7842: Prohibits vapor products dealer storefronts, cannabis retail licensee storefronts, and adult-use on-site cannabis consumption licenses in certain locations

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A07842 Summary:

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Add §1399-mm-4, Pub Health L; amd §§72 & 77, Cannabis L

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Prohibits vapor products dealer storefronts, cannabis retail licensee storefronts, and adult-use on-site cannabis consumption licenses within one mile of school grounds, houses of worship, parks, and playgrounds, and in mixed-use buildings in which there are one or more residences; requires the revocation of the certificate of occupancy of vapor products dealer storefronts, cannabis retail licensee storefronts, and premises with an adult-use on-site consumption license within one mile of school grounds, houses of worship, parks, and playgrounds, and in mixed-use buildings in which there are one or more residences, in accordance with a specified schedule.

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04/11/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7842

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the cannabis law, in relation
 to prohibiting vapor products dealer storefronts, cannabis retail
 licensee storefronts, and adult-use on-site cannabis consumption
 licenses in certain locations

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1399-mm-4 to read as follows:
 3 § 1399-mm-4. Vapor products dealer storefront location restrictions.
 4 1. No vapor products dealer shall locate a storefront within one mile
 5 of school grounds as such term is defined in the education law, a house
 6 of worship, a park as such term is defined in section 1399-o-2 of this
 7 chapter, or a playground as such term is defined in section 1399-o-1 of
 8 this chapter, or in a mixed-use building in which there are one or more
 9 residences.
 10 2. Municipalities shall revoke the certificate of occupancy of vapor
 11 products dealer storefronts located within one mile of school grounds as
 12 such term is defined in the education law, a house of worship, a park as
 13 such term is defined in section 1399-o-2 of this chapter, or a play-
 14 ground as such term is defined in section 1399-o-1 of this chapter, or
 15 in a mixed-use building in which there are one or more residences,
 16 provided such vapor products dealer storefront was established in such
 17 location prior to the effective date of this section, in accordance with
 18 the following schedule:
 19 (a) the certificate of occupancy of any such vapor products dealer
 20 storefront established with less than twenty thousand one dollars of
 21 capital investment shall be revoked prior to one year from the effective
 22 date of this section;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11362-01-5

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 1 (b) the certificate of occupancy of any such vapor products dealer
 2 storefront established with twenty thousand one to thirty thousand
 3 dollars of capital investment shall be revoked prior to two years from
 4 the effective date of this section;
 5 (c) the certificate of occupancy of any such vapor products dealer
 6 storefront established with thirty thousand one to fifty thousand
 7 dollars of capital investment shall be revoked prior to three years from
 8 the effective date of this section;
 9 (d) the certificate of occupancy of any such vapor products dealer
 10 storefront established with fifty thousand one to seventy-five thousand
 11 dollars of capital investment shall be revoked prior to four years from
 12 the effective date of this section; and
 13 (e) the certificate of occupancy of any such vapor products storefront
 14 established with seventy-five thousand one dollars or more of capital
 15 investment shall be revoked prior to five years from the effective dat