timmy6591 t1_j55qyfs wrote on January 20, 2023 at 4:19 PM

Good for them. The state's bureaucratic and bloated roll-out of the licensing is crippling. No normal person (including those convicted of non-violent marijuana offenses who the licensing laws are supposed to favor) would ever be able to navigate the application process. NYS has fucked this up beyond all recognition.

__theoneandonly t1_j564rmk wrote on January 20, 2023 at 5:45 PM

I mean, that’s also how the state’s liquor license process is. New bars have to basically be done being built, and then sit empty for sometimes a year while the state works through all the red tape. Usually the business opening has to have a lawyer to deal with the yellow tape, and then you have to have the money in the bank for pay rent with zero income for months and months while the state investigates whether or not some Karen on the community board might be able to hear person exiting your venue after midnight.