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Substack post November 2026

Cannabis reached 28 community boards' agendas in 2023, and boards opposed more dispensaries than they backed

Resolutions about cannabis per year, by the position the board took, all 52 boards.

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Cannabis reached 28 community boards' agendas in 2023, and boards opposed more dispensaries than they backed

Resolutions about cannabis per year, by the position the board took, all 52 boards.

  • Opposed or denied
  • Supported or no objection
  • Policy, enforcement or other
  • Other or procedural
Source: Block Party resolutions database (live database as of Nov 13, 2026), built from public community board minutes and resolutions. Analysis by NYCuriosity.

1. Counts resolutions whose title mentions cannabis, a dispensary, marijuana, adult-use or CAURD licenses. Positions come from the title: oppose, deny, object or disapprove versus support, approve, recommend or no objection; resolutions about enforcement against illegal shops, siting rules or state regulations are counted as policy.

2. In 2023 boards opposed or recommended denial of 115 applications and supported or raised no objection to 87; in 2024 the split was 67 to 68.

3. Applicants for an adult-use retail dispensary license must notify the community board 30 to 270 days before filing with the state (New York Cannabis Law Section 76, per the Office of Cannabis Management), which is why licenses reach board agendas.

4. Coverage varies by board and year; among 22 boards with records every year 2021–2025, cannabis resolutions went from none in 2021 to 73 per 1,000 resolutions in 2023.