Staten Island Is the Only Region Where Chains Take Over Half the Sales
Chain stores took 52.4% of Staten Island dispensary sales from January 1 through October 1, the only region in New York where…
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Queens' Top Two Dispensaries Are $90,000 Apart
Through October 1, Curaleaf - Queens ($6.61M) and ZenZest - Queens ($6.52M) are $90K apart at the top of Queens.
The Bronx Spends $26 a Resident on Legal Weed, the Least of Any Region
The Bronx sold $26 of legal cannabis per resident from January 1 through October 1, the lowest of New York's 14 regions.
Half of Brooklyn's Dispensaries Have Sold Less Than $1 Million This Year
42 of Brooklyn's 83 dispensaries sold less than $1 million from January 1 through October 1, roughly half the borough.
Westchester Has the Most Dispensaries in the Mid-Hudson. Ulster Spends the Most Per Person.
Westchester has more dispensaries than any other county in the Mid-Hudson (26) and the most sales ($65.4M).
Warren County Outspends Manhattan on Weed, Per Resident
Warren County's 5 dispensaries sold $187 of legal cannabis for every county resident from January 1 through October 1.
Manhattan's Biggest Dispensary Sells More Than Twice Any Other in the Borough
The Travel Agency's Union Square store sold an estimated $16.1M from January 1 through October 1.
Twelve Months Became Six Years: New York Can't Stop Moving Its Own Deadline
New York told its first provisional dispensary licensees they had twelve months to get their paperwork done.
Two Farmingdale Dispensaries Sell More Than Half of Long Island's Weed
Two stores in Farmingdale, Strain Stars - Farmingdale and Happy Days Dispensary, sold an estimated $97.5M from January 1 through…
Where New York's $1.29 Billion Goes: Every Dispensary Ranked by Region
New York's legal dispensaries sold an estimated $1.29 billion between January 1 and October 1, 2026.
Legal to Hold, Illegal to Sell: Virginia and D.C.'s Missing Rec Markets
In Virginia and D.C., cannabis is legal to possess and grow, but there's nowhere legal to buy it. Here's how that happened, and…
NJ Cannabis Is 60% Cheaper. Tax Growth Fell to 2%.
Stores and brands keep multiplying and baskets are bigger, but New Jersey isn’t adding customers — and by late 2025 sales tax…
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