Gotham Dispensary’s pop-up on Front Street in Hudson is an offshoot of the operators’ location in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the first legal cannabis shop in the state.
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The interior of Gotham’s Hudson location, open until the end of 2023, takes a minimalist approach, with products openly displayed on shelves.
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Some of Gotham’s products, on display at the shop.
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Legacy Dispenser’s pop-up location on Union Street in Hudson has been open Tuesday through Friday since Oct. 24, according to CEO Matthew Robinson.
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HUDSON — Two marijuana businesses have opened pop-up cannabis shops in this city of 5,900, but the establishments are only legally able to operate until the end of the year.
Legacy Dispensers in Colonie and Gotham Dispensary in Manhattan opened the shops in late October under a state program designed to allow cannabis cultivators to unload product that has stacked up as the state struggles to open enough dispensaries to sell it. These “cannabis growers showcases” can be operated by licensed cultivators, licensed processors, or licensed dispensaries. About 40 were open Thursday throughout the state, according to the state Office of Cannabis Management, though some were