New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational cannabis in March 2021 when then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed recreational marijuana into law.
A year later, New Yorkers still can't walk into a shop and buy weed, and it seems that they will not be able to do so any time soon, despite many important steps the state is taking under Gov. Kathy Hochul's guidance to get the state's cannabis market up and running.
