New York City Cannabis Law with David C. Holland Principal of The Law Offices of David Clifford Holland P.C. today on Blunt Business only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest is a New York City-based cannabis law and criminal defense attorney and executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’ Empire State chapter. New York State will soon announce plans to usher in its first outlets for retail sales of adult-use cannabis by the end of the year. However, to be one of the state's first licensed retailers, you or a member of your family must have been convicted of a cannabis-related offense. This is part of a concerted push to assure that early business owners will be members of communities that have been affected by the nation’s decades-long war on drugs. With that said, many vendors are not waiting for a license to get started.