By Susan Arbetter City of Albany PUBLISHED 6:34 PM ET Jul. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED July 16, 2021 @6:34 PM SHARE A little background. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Senate have yet to agree on who will lead a cannabis board created by the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act, passed in the spring. Allan Gandelman, president of New York Cannabis Growers & Processors Association and president of Head & Heal, a seed to sale CBD company based in Cortland, told Capital Tonight that if Schumer’s bill passes and if New York isn’t ready, 50,000 jobs could be lost. “We have a very short timeframe,” Gandelman explained. “Farmers need to get plants in the ground in the spring. But without a board or licensing regulations, we might be losing two years.”