Busted for pot? Go to the head of the line
New York State has published draft regulations governing marijuana retail establishments, and the proposed documents offer license applications first to people, or their families, who have been convicted of marijuana-related crimes, the Albany Business Journal says. The state’s Cannabis Control Board will take it up at their meeting Thursday March 10. The first stores could open by the end of the year, the story says.
Veterans organizations get potential help from state
Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts had to stop fundraisers and lost rental income when they limited access to their space during the pandemic, state Sen. Daphne Jordan said at the VFW Post 420 on Excelsior Avenue, this week, the Daily Gazette is reporting. She has proposed $10 million in spending, grants up to $50,000, toward veterans’ organizations that lost income during the pandemic.
Seeking to drop charges against BLM's Figuereo
The attorney for a Black Lives Matter Saratoga leader Lexis Figuereo wants to see disorderly conduct and obstruction charges dropped, the Times Union is reporting. In court filings, Attorney Mark Mishler said his client is being unfairly targeted by city police who want to crush his activism, the story says. Mishler says the evidence is weak and the police have not shared all they should have shared.
Forcivity gobbled up by Salesforce parent
Forcivity of Saratoga Springs is joining Apps Associates based in Acton Mass, the Albany Business Journal says. Apps Associates leads Salesforce consulting, and Jeff Oskin, CEO of Forcity, is now the head of the Apps Salesforce group. The acquisition of Forcivity adds more than 100 clients to the Apps roster, the story says.
Librarian art
“On My Own Time” at the Friends of Crandall Library gallery, is an exhibit of drawings, painting, embroidery, a collection of pandemic-required homemade face masks, and more. All of the work was created by library staff, the Post-Star is reporting.
Glens Falls walks with Ukraine
Glens Falls supports the “We Walk for Ukraine” event taking place Sunday at 1 p.m. The Post-Star highlighted the press release. The walk will begin at Temple Beth El at 3 Marion Ave. All proceeds from the event will go to Global Giving, a nonprofit organization that is supporting Ukrainian relief efforts.
Collins read a statement into the record, about 28 minutes into the Tuesday March 8 Common Council meeting: “We, the elected officials of the City of Glens Falls, New York, speaking on behalf of our residents, wish to express our sincere desire for peace in Ukraine, and add our voices to those throughout the region and the world who oppose this horrific military and humanitarian crisis taking place as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.”