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New Yorkers call marijuana expungement "a win" Cassidy McDonald © BRUCE BENNETT / Getty Images Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America Victor Herrera had worked as a tow truck driver for more than 10 years. The pay was good, he said, and he got to answer calls when cars broke down, helping customers in the moments they were most in distress. "I loved it. I loved it, because, you know, you're changing a frown into a smile," he said, adding that the job was in his nature: "The person in me that likes to help people in need."

New Yorkers convicted of marijuana misdemeanors lost jobs, licenses and homes. Now, their records will be "automatically expunged." By Cassidy McDonald New York state legalizes recreational marijuana Victor Herrera had worked as a tow truck driver for more than 10 years. The pay was good, he said, and he got to answer calls when cars broke down, helping customers in the moments they were most in distress. "I loved it. I loved it, because, you know, you're changing a frown into a smile," he said, adding that the job was in his nature: "The person in me that likes to help pe...

SHARE: In the first of his 30-day budget amendments, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made some notable changes to his proposal to legalize recreational marijuana in New York. But legalization and criminal justice advocates said the changes were only an incremental improvement and didn’t go far enough. Although he has not released the bill language yet, Cuomo announced three major changes to his plan to legalize marijuana that was part of his executive budget proposal. The governor clarified how money from a social equity fund would be used. He also would now allow pot delivery services and would recatego...

The governor has pledged to put $100 million of the revenue generated in the first four years marijuana is legal into a social equity fund and to continue to add $50 million annually to the fund after that.

Cuomo And State Democrats Still At Odds Over How To Legalize Marijuana arrow Medical marijuana plants being grown during a media tour of the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, N.Y. Hans Pennink/AP/Shutterstock After getting sidelined by the pandemic in 2020, marijuana legalization is once again a high priority in Albany this year. Since New Jersey approved a ballot measure legalizing cannabis for adult use in November, advocates say it makes sense that New York would follow on its heels. But tension between the governor and lawmake...