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Jonathan Elfand built a $25 million-dollar kingdom with Empire Cannabis Club. Then state tax officials raided his dispensaries. And he’s ready for battle.

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Just a day after New York police and state tax agents raided two locations of the Empire Cannabis Club, the marijuana dispensaries are back in business, showing the challenges of shutting down unlice...

Empire Cannabis Club is the target of stepped-up state efforts to crack down on unlicensed shops.

New York has approved its first 36 retail marijuana dispensary licenses, awarding them to 28 applicants with prior cannabis convictions and eight

NEW YORK (AP) — Eager, anxious and frustrated, Yuri Krupitsky is waiting to find out whether he'll get to open one of the first legal recreational marijuana shops in New York state.He wrangled a lengthy applica

Stores openly selling marijuana can now be found throughout New York City, operated by people who shrugged at licensing requirements.

New York state's first licenses to sell recreational marijuana could be awarded as soon as next week.

Stores openly selling marijuana can now be found throughout New York City, operated by people who shrugged at licensing requirements.

Hopeful shopkeepers eagerly awaiting licenses are once again on pause due to a court ruling, despite hundreds of illegal shops all over the state.