One Reason for New York’s Pitiful Rollout of Legal Pot: License Preferences for Victims of Prohibition

 One Reason for New York’s Pitiful Rollout of Legal Pot: License Preferences for Victims of Prohibition

More than two years after legalizing recreational use, the state has just a dozen licensed retailers.

It has been more than two years since New York notionally legalized recreational marijuana, and things are not going quite as planned. “Although Gov. Kathy Hochul suggested last fall that more than 1…