Opinion, Damian Fagon Parabola Center for Law: Courts are gutting cannabis equity in New York

Earlier this month, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a key safeguard in New York’s cannabis equity program. In Variscite NY Four v. New York State Cannabis Control Board, the court ruled that giving “Extra Priority” in licensing to New Yorkers with marijuana convictions unlawfully discriminated against out-of-state applicants under a constitutional doctrine known […]