New York’s 500th cannabis dispensary opened Friday on South Clinton Avenue.
The opening of Green Comfort in the city of Rochester’s Swillburg neighborhood marks a milestone for the state’s cannabis industry. After a rocky start that included lawsuits and court injunctions, the first legal dispensary in New York opened in late December 2022 in New York City.
It would be nearly a year before Monroe County saw its first dispensary. MJ Dispensary opened in Henrietta in December 2023. There are now 20 cannabis dispensaries in the county…