New York onboarding queue is open — full launch pending METRC vendor approval.
The NY regulatory depth on this page is current. Code build is queued; METRC vendor approval is in flight (6-12 week timeline). Join the waitlist below and we’ll cut you in when NY goes active.
OCM
Coming soonNew York OCM-aware dispensary platform
Native compliance hooks for New York OCM rules under MRTA. State 9% cannabis excise (distributor-level, on the transfer to the retailer) + 4% local cannabis tax stack, METRC traceability (post-BioTrack transition), and the medical / adult-use / CAURD lane separation OCM requires.
Regulator
New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM)
https://cannabis.ny.gov ↗Statutes that bite
| Citation | Subject |
|---|---|
| Cannabis Law Article 4 | MRTA — Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act (2021) |
| 9 NYCRR Part 123 | OCM adult-use cannabis program rules |
| 9 NYCRR Parts 128 & 129 | OCM packaging, labeling, marketing + advertising rules (some of the strictest in the country) |
| Cannabis Law §72 | Adult-use retail license framework + CAURD priority |
| Tax Law §493 | 9% state cannabis excise + local 4% optional add-on |
Tax stack
Excise
9% New York state cannabis distributor tax on the sale/transfer of adult-use products from distributor to retailer (wholesale transfer price), effective June 1, 2024 under Tax Law §493 — this replaced the prior THC-potency tax. A separate 9% state retail excise plus a 4% local cannabis tax also apply on the retail sale to the customer (13% combined at retail). Medical cannabis is NOT exempt: it is taxed at 3.15% on the registered organization's gross receipts (reduced from 7% on June 1, 2024) under Tax Law §490.
Sales / Use
No general sales tax on cannabis at retail — the 9% excise replaces it for adult-use; medical separately exempt. Auto-tagged so general-sales-tax routines don't double-charge.
Local option
4% local cannabis tax on the retail sale (Tax Law §493(c)) — split 1% to the county and 3% to the city/town/village where the sale occurs. Auto-derived per store address. In NYC (a city of 1M+) the full 4% is allocated to the city. The 4% rate is fixed by statute wherever retail is allowed; localities opt in or out of permitting dispensaries (Cannabis Law §131), not of the tax rate.
Compliance topics surfaced in-platform
- Age 21+ adult-use / 18+ medical / 21+ CAURD lane separation with split traceability
- BioTrack → METRC transition handling (OCM announced migration; reconciliation export shaped to whichever is live for the operator's transition cohort)
- Patient registry lookup hook (medical / Registered Organization profile)
- OCM advertising-restriction framework — strictest in the country (no celebrity endorsements, no non-cannabis-context imagery, no claims of relative potency, geofenced opt-in for SMS)
- CAURD (Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary) license-vertical-restriction handling
What ships on day-1 for NY
- Adult-use vs medical vs CAURD lanes with separate excise + tax stacks
- 9% state + 4% local excise stack derivation per store address (county + city independent opt-in)
- Traceability dual-mode (BioTrack legacy + METRC transition) with operator-selectable cohort
- Manager write-up assistant configurable to NY labor + OCM rule taxonomy + the strict advertising rules surfaced inline
We serve here — honestly
We don’t operate stores in New York. We do follow OCM bulletins, the BioTrack→METRC transition timeline, and the advertising-restriction framework that catches operators off guard most often. CannAgent ships NY support with the same compliance discipline we apply to WSLCB — and we’ll say it directly when something’s off.
Operator playbooks
Compliance ops playbook
State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline
Buyer scorecard
Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard
Migration playbook
POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries
Operations deep-dive
Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit
New York cannabis retail — common questions
- Who regulates cannabis retail in New York?
- New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is the state cannabis regulator for New York. Official site: https://cannabis.ny.gov.
- What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does New York use?
- New York uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
- What cannabis taxes apply to retail in New York?
- 9% New York state cannabis distributor tax on the sale/transfer of adult-use products from distributor to retailer (wholesale transfer price), effective June 1, 2024 under Tax Law §493 — this replaced the prior THC-potency tax. A separate 9% state retail excise plus a 4% local cannabis tax also apply on the retail sale to the customer (13% combined at retail). Medical cannabis is NOT exempt: it is taxed at 3.15% on the registered organization's gross receipts (reduced from 7% on June 1, 2024) under Tax Law §490. No general sales tax on cannabis at retail — the 9% excise replaces it for adult-use; medical separately exempt. Auto-tagged so general-sales-tax routines don't double-charge. 4% local cannabis tax on the retail sale (Tax Law §493(c)) — split 1% to the county and 3% to the city/town/village where the sale occurs. Auto-derived per store address. In NYC (a city of 1M+) the full 4% is allocated to the city. The 4% rate is fixed by statute wherever retail is allowed; localities opt in or out of permitting dispensaries (Cannabis Law §131), not of the tax rate.
- Is CannAgent available for New York dispensaries?
- New York is a coming-soon market: the NY regulatory depth on this page is current and the code build is queued (track-and-trace vendor approval is in flight). Join the waitlist on this page and we'll reach out when NY goes active.
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Join the NY waitlist.
Code build is queued, METRC vendor approval is in flight. Lock your spot in the onboarding queue — we’ll reach out when NYgoes active and you’ll be ahead of the public launch.