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New York marijuana regulators voted Tuesday to settle a federal lawsuit that has blocked them from granting dispensary licenses in the Finger Lakes region.

FlynnStoned Cannabis Company located in Armory Square will open June 16. It is the first legal marijuana dispensary in central New York.

The Office of Cannabis Management was recently in Syracuse to talk to the community about adult-use cannabis.

New York regulators approved 99 new provisional licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries Monday as they try to speed up the rollout of a legal market that had been impeded by a court ruling.

New York officials will be able to issue licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries in some parts of the state after an appeals court on Tuesday narrowed the scope of a temporary injunction that had halted them because of a legal challenge.

State authorities would be given expanded power to shut down illegal pot shops and levy fines of up to $200,000 under legislation proposed Wednesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

A coalition that includes some of New York's medical marijuana companies sued state cannabis regulators Thursday in an effort to open up licensing to all retail dispensary applicants immediately.

With central New York affected by a court case preventing cannabis dispensaries in the region, those in the cannabis business are in a waiting game.

A federal judge upheld an injunction that is preventing some regions in New York from issuing cannabis dispensary licenses.

While it’s taken a while for dispensaries to begin operating across the state, higher education has gotten on board.