When Joseph Abramov was 19, he saw a business opportunity in the up-and-coming weed delivery scene, albeit one that was still illegal. “Everyone was involved. Everything was under the table,” he told Our Town. He began running his own delivery service in Queens, and built a business that he described as “dominating” the market. But throughout its operations, he’d run into trouble with the law “a bunch of times” and watch his associates go to prison. After two years, he decided to close up shop and pivot to something more legitimate, more stable. For the 13 years since, he’s been a real estate investor and developer, though his passion for marijuana never went away. Urban Leaf, a new cannabis dispensary on 977 2nd Ave. in Midtown East, near 52nd St. is Abramov’s reentry into the market, this time with the state’s blessing. As a licensee under the state Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program, which granted first dibs on dispensary licenses to those convicted of marijuana-related offenses and their immediate family members, he’s among the first wave of legal weed entrepreneurs in New York City. But the program’s rollout has been less than ideal, hampered by lawsuits, a flood of