New York’s plan to put pot dealers with convictions first in line hits snags
New York State will award its first 150 marijuana retail licenses to people penalized in the past for dealing — but a daunting application stands in the way of going legal.
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New York State is the first state in the nation to put people with past marijuana-related criminal convictions first in line for legal retail licenses — but those applicants say they’re finding the application, due by Sept. 26, dauntingly complex.
Hector Bonilla is one of more than 450 people who’ve reached out to the nonprofit legal services group Bronx Defenders for help with the piles of paperwork, and one of about 50 who are eligible to pursue a retail license.