New York's Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) awarded 99 new Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licenses, ensuring that cannabis retailers will be able to open in nearly every region in the state.
Entrepreneur Extasy James will make history as the first woman to own an adult-use cannabis dispensary in New York State. Her shop Good Grades opens in Jamaica, Queens on March 30.
Katra Film Series presents the red carpet premiere of acclaimed international filmmaker Daniel Diosdado’s American debut feature, "The Nomad," at Regal Cinemas.
New York's Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is increasing the number of Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licenses to 300. CAURD licenses go to justice-involved entrepreneurs impacted by the War on Drugs and nonprofit organizations.
Union Square Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store is New York City's third licensed adult-use dispensary. Opening February 13th, the retailer is operated by a subsidiary of The Doe Fund, a nonprofit aimed at ending recidivism and homelessness through job training.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced a multi-agency partnership to stop the explosion of illegal cannabis dispensaries across the borough and protect the emerging legal industry.
Smacked Village has opened as New York's first social equity adult-use cannabis dispensary. Owner Roland Conner is the first licensee with a previous conviction to launch a legal cannabis business in the state.
NYC's Museum at FIT celebrates hip hop's anniversary with the exhibit "Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style," opening February 8, 2023. Co-curators Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero explain hip hop's style roots and evolution.
Katra Film Series hosts its fifth annual Bowery Film Festival featuring ten films across four days ending with a block of music videos and an after-party at The Bowery Electric.
Shannon Hoey is the co-founder and CEO of New York Vintage, the designer vintage fashion collection that supplies pieces to celebs like Beyonce and Lady Gaga, and projects like Sex and the City and Baz Luhrmann's the Great Gatsby. Hoey opens up about creativity, style, and sex appeal.
What was it like to buy legal weed in NYC for the first time? Thousands of cannabis enthusiasts waited for hours to enter Housing Works Cannabis Co, the city's groundbreaking adult-use dispensary.
History was made as Housing Works Cannabis Co, New York's first legal adult-use cannabis dispensary, opened to the public. Government officials, celebrities, and industry experts, plus a crowd of thousands, marked the momentous occasion.
On Thursday December 29th, Housing Works Cannabis Co. will open to the public as New York's first adult-use cannabis dispensary. Retail Manager Sasha Nutgent explains how the legendary nonprofit is entering the state's newest industry.
The activist group #FixThe13thNY, organized through the thinktank Next100, is fighting New York's prison system by working to abolish the 13th Amendment loophole and create better conditions for incarcerated workers.
Harlem preservationist Michael Henry Adams has dedicated much of his life's work to fighting his alma mater, Columbia University. With Columbia's continued expansion displacing Black residents of Harlem, Adams is taking a stand against the university's gentrification efforts.
