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mowotlarx t1_j6mikwg wrote

The irony of the first dispensaries exclusively opening in the richest whitest borough and neighborhoods in the city, when the entire program was supposedly delayed to ensure licenses went people who faced the most adversity.

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Hammrsigpi t1_j6mo8u2 wrote

Part of the problem is the lawsuit that stopped Brooklyn from getting one: https://www-wgrz-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.wgrz.com/amp/article/money/cannabis-licenses-wny-but-applications-scored-processed-nys/71-57c7cdda-452d-4fd1-a303-3b97a882289f?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16751684579612&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wgrz.com%2Farticle%2Fmoney%2Fcannabis-licenses-wny-but-applications-scored-processed-nys%2F71-57c7cdda-452d-4fd1-a303-3b97a882289f

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AdventurousTwo960 t1_j6mniss wrote

I think it’s due to all subway lines going to union square. Very accessible.

I do agree. Time to open dispensary’s in other boroughs

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mowotlarx t1_j6mt9yo wrote

It's accessible to people have have the time to commute there and out of their way. I understand there's a lawsuit blocking Brooklyn licenses (BOOOO!) but come on, they have to find someplace for these not in the richest neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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mac117 t1_j6oh9bf wrote

And other counties! It’s a state-wide law and NYS is huge… all the dispensaries are within a mile of each other.

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