New York (Jurisdiction Profile)
Jurisdiction Identity
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| State | New York (NY) |
| Country | United States |
| Primary cannabis authority | New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) |
| Official website | https://cannabis.ny.gov/ |
| Open-data portal | https://data.ny.gov |
| Last verified | 2026-08-09 |
Current Cannabis Framework
| Dimension | Status |
|---|---|
| Adult-use possession | Permitted (21+; up to 3 oz flower / 24 g concentrate) |
| Adult-use commercial sales | Operational (first adult-use dispensaries December 2022; market scaling through 2025–2026) |
| Medical cannabis | Regulated program (2014 Compassionate Care Act) |
| Home cultivation | Permitted (up to 6 plants per person, 12 per household; cultivation permitted for adults 21+) |
| Hemp relationship | Cannabinoid hemp regulated under OCM (Cannabinoid Hemp Program) |
Regulatory Overview
New York legalized adult use under the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (2021), with the Office of Cannabis Management regulating adult-use, medical, and cannabinoid-hemp programs. The license registry on data.ny.gov is among the cleanest of the large markets, with full entity/tier/cultivation fields via SODA. No public per-batch chemistry is published.
Regulator History
- 2014: Compassionate Care Act establishes the medical program.
- 2021: Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act establishes OCM and legalizes adult use.
- 2022: First adult-use dispensaries open (December 2022).
- Present: Market scaling; license registry published on data.ny.gov.
Licensing Categories
Cultivator (indoor/outdoor/mixed-light tiers), processor, distributor, retail dispensary, on-site consumption, delivery, microbusiness, cooperative, and registered organizations (medical). Registered Retail Dealers dataset complements the main registry.
Testing Laboratory Framework
- Rules: 9 NYCRR Part 125 (OCM testing regulations).
- Contaminant limits: Part 125 panels.
- Lab registry: No public lab registry dataset found.
- Public results: None — chemistry is not published.
Data Surface
| Data surface | Available? | Official source | Machine-readable? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License registry | yes | data.ny.gov: Current OCM Licenses jskf-tt3q; Registered Retail Dealers gttd-5u6y (+ map 75hy-mnme); Cannabinoid Hemp Licenses 4r7n-55mm; Medical providers gegk-4ghy |
yes | SODA; columns verified: license number/type/status/dates, entity, dba, address, county, region, tier, cultivation environment |
| Testing-laboratory registry | no public source located | — | — | Not found as a public dataset |
| Laboratory testing rules | yes | 9 NYCRR Part 125 | no | OCM testing regulations |
| Contaminant/action limits | yes | Part 125 panels | no | Set in regulation |
| Recalls/advisories | partial | OCM press releases | no | No structured recall feed found |
| Product/package identifiers | unknown | — | — | Not confirmed as publicly exposed |
| COAs/batch results | no public source located | — | — | Not published as open data |
| Sales data | partial | OCM reports | no | Published via reports, not on the portal |
| Open-data downloads | yes | data.ny.gov | yes | Socrata SODA/CSV |
| Traceability | yes | METRC | no | Seed-to-sale |
Data-Ingestion Opportunities
- Full license registry via SODA (
jskf-tt3q) — cleanest large-market license ingest; addresses are public in the data (privacy gate applies to derived content). - Cannabinoid hemp licenses (
4r7n-55mm) for the hemp track. - No chemistry — rank below Nevada/Colorado/Connecticut on data value despite market size.
Sources & Provenance
- Statutory framework: Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (2021); 9 NYCRR Part 125; Compassionate Care Act (2014).
- Regulator: Office of Cannabis Management — https://cannabis.ny.gov/
- Open data: data.ny.gov (views verified live 2026-08-08;
docs/state-expansion-roadmap.md§3.5). - Retrieval date: 2026-08-09
Graph Connections
No existing repository entities are linked to New York. Future license/dataset records generated by a New York adapter should add relates_to=jurisdictions/TJUR-0033.