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Community board committee asks OCM to tighten proposed rules for cannabis showcase events
Summary
Community Board 2’s Cannabis Licensing Committee approved a resolution asking the Office of Cannabis Management to require municipal authorization, clearer hours, stronger security/ID verification, and fee alignment for temporary cannabis "showcase" events, while flagging how brand‑rotation could circumvent local oversight.
Community Board 2’s Cannabis Licensing Committee unanimously approved a resolution to submit comments to the Office of Cannabis Management asking for stronger local control and clearer standards in proposed regulations for temporary cannabis "showcase" events.
Committee members said the draft OCM rules leave key terms undefined and lack the municipal‑level authorization and event‑approval processes that would allow meaningful local input. "It is unclear what 'municipality' means in the proposed rules," a committee member said during discussion, and multiple members urged that, for New York City, that term should…
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