ALBANY — When New York’s Legislature passed a landmark adult-use cannabis legalization bill in March, it committed to starting the two entities responsible for drafting and enacting new industry regulations: the Cannabis Control Board and the Office of Cannabis Management.
With the spring legislative session coming to a close next week, six government leadership-appointed nominees to key regulatory roles have yet to be announced or confirmed by the Senate, though the governor’s office said the nomination review process is underway.
Pending nominations include the five members of the Cannabis Control Board (CCB), who will oversee New York’s industry and ultimately determine its regulatory framework and licensing, and the executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), who will lead the implementing agency in charge of all things cannabis.
While officials warned that the extensive agency infrastructure of the OCM would take a long time to set up, nominations for key board member and Executive Director roles were thought to be coming before the summer recess.
“I’m hopeful, and it’s my desire that we can do it before the end of session, so that we can get to work in formulating the regulations and the processes that folks will have to go through to access licenses,” said Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, who has been working with Sen. Liz Krueger to pass versions of the…
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ALBANY — When New York’s Legislature passed a landmark adult-use cannabis legalization bill in March, it committed to starting the two entities responsible for drafting and enacting new industry regulations: the Cannabis Control Board and the Office of Cannabis Management.
With the spring legislative session coming to a close next week, six government leadership-appointed nominees to key regulatory roles have yet to be announced or confirmed by the Senate, though the governor’s office said the nomination review process is underway.
Pending nominations include the five members of the Cannabis Control Board (CCB), who will oversee New York’s industry and ultimately determine its regulatory framework and licensing, and the executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), who will lead the implementing agency in charge of all things cannabis.
While officials warned that the extensive agency infrastructure of the OCM would take a long time to set up, nominations for key board member and Executive Director roles were thought to be coming before the summer recess.
“I’m hopeful, and it’s my desire that we can do it before the end of session, so that we can get to work in formulating the regulations and the processes that folks will have to go through to access licenses,” said Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, who has been working with Sen. Liz Krueger to pass versions of the…