A cannabis peddler planning to open a licensed pot store on Manhattan’s East Side was forced to abruptly pull its application last week thanks to the latest state debacle over the process.
Joshua Gleiber, the owner of HF Dispensary LLC, sent a note to Community Board 6 on July 31 requesting that his application to open a cannabis dispensary at 998-1000 First Ave. between East 54th and 55th Streets be removed from its agenda because of controversy over the state rule governing how close such shops can be to schools.
The state Office of Cannabis Management last week sent notices to 100 operators of licensed dispensaries now telling them they cannot legally operate in their current location because New York regulators incorrectly calculated how far they were from schools and churches.
The OCM had ruled in recent years that the locations complied with its 500-foot-distance requirement between shops and schools…