Overview
The New York State Cannabis Advisory Board is a multidisciplinary group of experts from across New York State tasked with providing guidance and leadership on a range of issues related to adult-use, medical and hemp cannabis to both the Cannabis Control Board and the Office of Cannabis Management. Comprised of 13 voting members appointed by the Governor, New York State Senate and Assembly, supported by a range of context experts from various agencies, this Board will also govern and administer New York State community grants reinvestment fund, reinvesting tax revenue from cannabis sales to those communities most impacted by over policing and cannabis prohibition.
Board Authority
The Cannabis Advisory Board (Advisory Board) is established within the Office of Cannabis Management and directed to work in collaboration with the Cannabis Control Board and the Executive Director to advise and issue recommendations on the use of medical cannabis, adult-use cannabis and cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract in the state of New York, pursuant to Cannabis Law Section 14(1). The Advisory Board shall also govern and administer the New York state community grants reinvestment fund pursuant to section 99-kk of the state finance law. The Advisory Board has the authority to make recommendations to the Cannabis Control Board, the Office and the Legislature on cannabis and hemp cultivation, processing, distribution, transport, social and economic equity in the cannabis and hemp industries, criminal justice, public health and safety concerns, law enforcement related to cannabis and cannabis products, and on the testing and sale of cannabis and cannabis products.
Membership
The Advisory Board consists of thirteen (13) voting appointed members, along with a representative from the Department of Environmental Conservation, the Department of Agriculture and Markets, the Office of Children and Family Services, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Office of Addiction Services and Supports, and the Department of Education, serving as non-voting ex-officio members. The governor shall have seven appointments, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall each have three appointments to the Advisory Board. The members shall be appointed to each serve three-year terms.
Pursuant to Cannabis Law Section 14(3), members “shall have statewide geographic representation that is balanced and diverse in its composition. Appointed members shall have an expertise in public and behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, effective rehabilitative treatment for adults and juveniles, homelessness and housing, economic development, environmental conservation, job training and placement, criminal justice, and drug policy. Further, the advisory board shall include residents from communities most impacted by cannabis prohibition, people with prior drug convictions, the formerly incarcerated, and representatives from the farming industry, cannabis industry, and organizations serving communities impacted by past federal and state drug policies.”
Report
The Advisory Board issues a Community Grant Reinvestment Fund Report.
Board Payment Structure
Under Cannabis Law Section 14(2), “the appointed members and representatives shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as board members.”
Upcoming Board Meeting
Attending a Board Meeting
The Public is able to observe Cannabis Advisory Board meetings from a mobile device or computer. Instructions on how to attend each Board meeting will be posted on this web page along with the meeting announcement.
Videos and transcripts of each meeting are also posted on our website following the meeting.
Read the Cannabis Advisory Board’s Written Procedures for Board Members Videoconference Attendance
Contact Us
If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected]
Board Meeting Archive
Full Board Meeting on January 28, 2025
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 2:00 P.M.
H. Carl McCall SUNY Building
Center Tower Board Room
353 Broadway, Albany, NY 12246
- Health, Safety and Research Subcommittee at 2:00 P.M.
- Cannabis Advisory Board at 3:00 P.M.
- Environment and Sustainability Subcommittee at 4:00 P.M.
Read the Health, Safety, and Research Subcommittee Meeting Notice
View the Health, Safety, and Research Subcommittee Meeting Agenda
Read the Environment and Sustainability Subcommittee Meeting Notice
View the Environment and Sustainability Subcommittee Meeting Agenda
Full Board Meeting on December 13, 2024
Full Board Meeting on September 24, 2024
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 11:00 A.M.
Read Social and Economic Equity (SEE) Subcommittee Meeting Notice
Full Board Meeting on August 20, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 @ 11:00 A.M.
Full Board Meeting on June 26, 2024
Full Board Meeting on May 7, 2024
Full Board Meeting February 27, 2024
Full Board Meeting December 12, 2023
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. EST
SUNY Global Center, 116 E 55th St.,
Global Classroom
New York, NY 10022
Read the Social and Economic Equity Committee meeting notice
Read the Cannabis Industry and Market Committee meeting notice
Full Board Meeting on September 26, 2023
Full Board Meeting on June 13, 2023
The meeting of the full Cannabis Advisory Board will be preceded by a meeting of the Health, Safety, and Research Subcommittee.
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CAB Meeting Notice 6-13-2023
Meeting Notice for the June 13, 2023 meeting of the Cannabis Advisory Board.
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CAB Health, Safety, and Research Subcommittee Meeting Notice 6-13-2023
Meeting notice for the June 13, 2023 meeting of the Cannabis Advisory Board Health, Safety, and Research Subcommittee
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Full Board Meeting on April 18, 2023
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CAB Resolution - Resolution Establishing Standing Subcommittees for the Cannabis Advisory Board
No. 2023-01: Resolution Establishing Standing Subcommittees for the Cannabis Advisory Board
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Full Board Meeting on January 25, 2023
*CAB Presentation corrected to account for a clerical error regarding section 123.17.d