Where You'll Be Able To Buy Legal Marijuana On Long Island

Massapequa NY

28 December, 2021

12:59 PM

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LONG ISLAND, NY — Marijuana for personal use has been decriminalized in New York most of this year. And in 2022, recreational cannabis is expected to start going on sale. However, if you're looking to buy marijuana products, you won't be able to get them everywhere. When Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act earlier this year, a provision gave local governments the authority to opt-out of the sale of recreational marijuana within their boundaries. In doing so, they also forfeit the tax revenue that would come from the sale of marijuana. In order to opt out, municipalities need to pass a law by Dec. 31 declaring it. Any municipality that opts out can later pass a law to allow the sale of marijuana products. But municipalities that allow it to start cannot change that. Many towns on Long Island have opted to ban the sale of recreational marijuana. However, some villages within those towns have allowed it. There are also many villages that have not passed ordinances to ban the sale. They will default to allowing sales if they do not, which will be allowed withing towns that have put bans in place. The Rockefeller Institute of Government has been tracking where marijuana sales will be allowed across the state. As of Dec. 28, here's where you'll be able to purchase marijuana products on Long Island when they go on sale: Nassau County Village of Oyster Bay Cove Suffolk County Town of BabylonTown of BrookhavenTown of RiverheadTown of Southampton There are also some municipalities that haven't declared anything one way or the other. If they don't, they will default to allowing marijuana sales. They are: Nassau County Village of BrookvilleVillage of Centre IslandVillage of Cove NeckVillage of East HillsVillage of KensingtonVillage of Kings PointVillage of Lake SuccessVillage of Laurel HollowVillage of MatinecockVillage of Mill NeckVillage of PlandomeVillage of Roslyn HarborVillage of Saddle RockVillage of Sands Point Suffolk County Village of AsharokenVillage of Belle TerreVillage of Head of the HarborVillage of Huntington BayVillage of Lake GroveVillage of LindenhurstVillage of North HavenVillage of NorthportVillage of Old FieldVillage of ShorehamTown of SoutholdVillage of West Hampton Dunes