Although roughly half of New York’s municipal governments opted out of permitting recreational cannabis stores before a Dec. 31 deadline, those opt-outs aren’t set in stone.
That means new adult-use retail opportunities could still open up in the nation’s fourth-largest state by population, even as aspiring adult-use marijuana retailers start making plans for communities that have already opted in.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Dec. 31 opt-out deadline for retail and cannabis consumption sites followed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signing of an adult-use bill into law last March.
Still, the exact rules surrounding recreational marijuana retail in New York remain unknown.
The “lack of clarity on what the regulations will be for (recreational) dispensaries has been a big driving point in municipalities deciding to opt out,” said Heather Trela, director of operations and a fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, a public policy think tank.
Trela oversees the institute’s online tracker for municipal cannabis opt-outs in New York and studies the state’s opt-out landscape.
Cannabis businesses approaching municipalities to get the ball rolling might wish to:
- Connect with opt-in communities as a collaborative partner that will listen to local concerns.
- Be prepared to offer a positive contribution to the community, such as charitable work.
- Approach municipalities that have currently opted out with care, if at all.
Opt-outs can still opt back in
At least 48.8% of New York’s municipal governments opted out of permitting adult-use cannabis retail by the deadline, with at least 55.5% opting out of consumption sites, according to the Rockefeller Institute’s tracker as of Jan. 12.
Roughly 39.8% had definitively opted in.
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The institute’s tracker is still being updated to include municipalities where the opt-in status is unknown.
The tracker excludes New York City, although all five of its boroughs have reportedly opted in.
While opt-out municipalities in New York can opt back into permitting retail or consumption sites at any time, once opted in, they can’t opt out again.
“I think being more conservative – small ‘c’ conservative – municipalities opted out, for a large part because they were just unsure of what they were opting into,” Trela said.
“With more information, they may change their minds.”
New York municipalities and recreational marijuana stores
A tally of New York municipalities and their decisions on allowing recreational marijuana stores as of Jan. 12, 2022. Data provided by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. MunicipalityCountyAllow Dispensaries Albany (City)AlbanyYes Altamont (Village)AlbanyNo Berne (Town)AlbanyYes Bethlehem (Town)AlbanyNo Coeymans (Town)AlbanyYes Cohoes (City)AlbanyYes Colonie (Town)AlbanyYes Colonie (Village)AlbanyYes Green Island (Town)AlbanyYes Guilderland (Town)AlbanyNo Knox (Town)AlbanyYes Menands (Village)AlbanyYes New Scotland (Town)AlbanyYes Ravena (Village)AlbanyYes Rensselaerville (Town)AlbanyNo Voorheesville (Village)AlbanyNo Watervliet (City)AlbanyNo Westerlo (Town)AlbanyNo Alfred (Town)AlleganyYes Alfred (Village)AlleganyYes Allen (Town)AlleganyYes Alma (Town)AlleganyNo Almond (Town)AlleganyYes Almond (Village)AlleganyYes Amity (Town)AlleganyNo Andover (Town)AlleganyNo Andover (Village)AlleganyYes Angelica (Town)AlleganyNo Angelica (Village)AlleganyNo Belfast (Town)AlleganyNo Belmont (Town)AlleganyNo Bolivar (Town)AlleganyYes Bolivar (Village)AlleganyNo Burns (Town)AlleganyYes Canaseraga (Village)AlleganyYes Caneadea (Town)AlleganyNo Centerville (Town)AlleganyYes Clarksville (Town)AlleganyNo data Cuba (Town)AlleganyYes Cuba (Village)AlleganyYes Friendship (Town)AlleganyNo Genesee (Town)AlleganyYes Granger (Town)AlleganyNo Grove (Town)AlleganyYes Hume (Town)AlleganyNo Independence (Town)AlleganyNo New Hudson (Town)AlleganyNo data Richburg (Village)AlleganyYes Rushford (Town)AlleganyNo Scio (Town)AlleganyYes Ward (Town)AlleganyYes Wellsville (Town)AlleganyYes Wellsville (Village)AlleganyNo West Almond (Town)AlleganyNo data Willing (Town)AlleganyNo Writ (Town)AlleganyYes Barker (Town)BroomeNo Binghamton (City)BroomeYes Binghamton (Town)BroomeYes Chenango (Town)BroomeYes Colesville (Town)BroomeYes Conklin (Town)BroomeYes Deposit (Village)BroomeYes Dickinson (Town)BroomeYes Endicott (Village)BroomeYes Fenton (Town)BroomeNo Johnson City (Village)BroomeYes Kirkwood (Town)BroomeNo Lisle (Town)BroomeYes Lisle (Village)BroomeYes Maine (Town)BroomeYes Nanticoke (Town)BroomeNo Port Dickinson (Village)BroomeNo data Sanford (Town)BroomeYes Triangle (Town)BroomeYes Union (Town)BroomeYes Vestal (Town)BroomeNo data Whitney Point (Village)BroomeYes Windsor (Town)BroomeNo Windsor (Village)BroomeYes Allegany (Town)CattaraugusYes Allegany (Village)CattaraugusYes Ashford (Town)CattaraugusNo Carrollton (Town)CattaraugusNo Cattaraugus (Village)CattaraugusYes Coldspring (Town)CattaraugusNo Conewango (Town)CattaraugusNo Dayton (Town)CattaraugusNo Delevan (Village)CattaraugusNo East Otto (Town)CattaraugusNo Ellicottville (Town)CattaraugusYes Ellicottville (Village)CattaraugusYes Farmersville (Town)CattaraugusNo Franklinville (Town)CattaraugusNo Franklinville (Village)CattaraugusYes Freedom (Town)CattaraugusYes Gowanda (Village)CattaraugusNo Great Valley (Town)CattaraugusYes Hinsdale (Town)CattaraugusYes Humphrey (Town)CattaraugusYes Ischua (Town)CattaraugusNo data Leon (Town)CattaraugusNo data Little Valley (Town)CattaraugusYes Little Valley (Village)CattaraugusYes Lyndon (Town)CattaraugusYes Machias (Town)CattaraugusYes Mansfield (Town)CattaraugusNo Napoli (Town)CattaraugusYes New Albion (Town)CattaraugusYes Olean (City)CattaraugusYes Olean (Town)CattaraugusYes Otto (Town)CattaraugusYes Perrysburg (Town)CattaraugusNo Persia (Town)CattaraugusNo Portville (Town)CattaraugusNo Portville (Village)CattaraugusNo Randolph (Town)CattaraugusYes Red House (Town)CattaraugusNo data Salamanca (City)CattaraugusYes Salamanca (Town)CattaraugusYes South Dayton (Village)CattaraugusNo South Valley (Town)CattaraugusNo Yorkshire (Town)CattaraugusYes Auburn (City)CayugaYes Aurelius (Town)CayugaYes Aurora (Village)CayugaNo Brutus (Town)CayugaNo Cato (Town)CayugaNo Cato (Village)CayugaNo Cayuga (Village)CayugaYes Conquest (Town)CayugaNo Fair Haven (Village)CayugaNo Fleming (Town)CayugaNo Genoa (Town)CayugaNo Ira (Town)CayugaNo Ledyard (Town)CayugaNo Locke (Town)CayugaNo Mentz (Town)CayugaNo Montezuma (Town)CayugaYes Moravia (Town)CayugaYes Moravia (Village)CayugaNo Niles (Town)CayugaNo Owasco (Town)CayugaYes Port Byron (Village)CayugaNo Scipio (Town)CayugaNo Sempronius (Town)CayugaYes Sennett (Town)CayugaNo Springport (Town)CayugaNo Sterling (Town)CayugaYes Summerhill (Town)CayugaNo Throop (Town)CayugaYes Union Springs (Village)CayugaNo Venice (Town)CayugaNo Victory (Town)CayugaYes Weedsport (Village)CayugaNo Arkwright (Town)ChautauquaYes Bemus Point (Village)ChautauquaNo Brocton (Village)ChautauquaNo Busti (Town)ChautauquaNo Carroll (Town)ChautauquaNo Cassadaga (Village)ChautauquaNo Celoron (Village)ChautauquaNo Charlotte (Town)ChautauquaNo Chautauqua (Town)ChautauquaNo Cherry Creek (Town)ChautauquaNo Clymer (Town)ChautauquaNo Dunkirk (City)ChautauquaYes Dunkirk (Town)ChautauquaYes Ellery (Town)ChautauquaNo Ellicott (Town)ChautauquaNo Ellington (Town)ChautauquaNo Falconer (Village)ChautauquaNo Fredonia (Village)ChautauquaYes French Creek (Town)ChautauquaNo Gerry (Town)ChautauquaNo Hanover (Town)ChautauquaNo Harmony (Town)ChautauquaNo Jamestown (City)ChautauquaYes Kiantone (Town)ChautauquaNo Lakewood (Village)ChautauquaNo Mayville (Village)ChautauquaNo Mina (Town)ChautauquaYes North Harmony (Town)ChautauquaNo Panama (Village)ChautauquaNo Poland (Town)ChautauquaNo Pomfret (Town)ChautauquaYes Portland (Town)ChautauquaNo Ripley (Town)ChautauquaNo Sheridan (Town)ChautauquaNo Sherman (Town)ChautauquaNo Sherman (Village)ChautauquaYes Silver Creek (Village)ChautauquaNo Sinclairville (Village)ChautauquaNo Stockton (Town)ChautauquaNo Villenova (Town)ChautauquaNo Westfield (Town)ChautauquaYes Westfield (Village)ChautauquaYes Ashland (Town)ChemungNo Baldwin (Town)ChemungNo Big Flats (Town)ChemungNo Catlin (Town)ChemungNo Chemung (Town)ChemungNo Elmira (City)ChemungYes Elmira (Town)ChemungNo Elmira Heights (Village)ChemungNo Erin (Town)ChemungNo Horseheads (Town)ChemungYes Horseheads (Village)ChemungYes Southport (Town)ChemungNo Van Etten (Town)ChemungNo Veteran (Town)ChemungNo Wellsburg (Village)ChemungYes Afton (Town)ChenangoNo Afton (Village)ChenangoNo Bainbridge (Town)ChenangoYes Baindbridge (Village)ChenangoYes Columbus (Town)ChenangoNo data Coventry (Town)ChenangoNo data Earville (Village)ChenangoYes German (Town)ChenangoYes Greene (Town)ChenangoNo Greene (Village)ChenangoNo Guilford (Town)ChenangoNo Lincklaen (Town)ChenangoNo data McDonough (Town)ChenangoNo data New Berlin (Town)ChenangoNo New Berlin (Village)ChenangoNo North Norwich (Town)ChenangoYes Norwich (City)ChenangoYes Norwich (Town)ChenangoNo Otselic (Town)ChenangoNo Oxford (Town)ChenangoNo Oxford (Village)ChenangoYes Pharsalia (Town)ChenangoNo data Pitcher (Town)ChenangoNo data Plymouth (Town)ChenangoYes Preston (Town)ChenangoYes Sherburne (Town)ChenangoNo Sherburne (Village)ChenangoNo Smithville (Town)ChenangoNo Smyrna (Town)ChenangoNo Smyrna (Village)ChenangoNo data Altona (Town)ClintonYes AuSable (Town)ClintonYes Beekmantown (Town)ClintonNo Black Brook (Town)ClintonYes Champlain (Town)ClintonYes Champlain (Village)ClintonYes Chazy (Town)ClintonNo Dannemora (Town)ClintonYes Dannemora (Village)ClintonYes Ellenburg (Town)ClintonYes Mooers (Town)ClintonNo data Peru (Town)ClintonYes Plattsburgh (City)ClintonYes Plattsburgh (Town)ClintonYes Rouses Point (Village)ClintonNo Saranac (Town)ClintonNo data Schuyler Falls (Town)ClintonNo data Ancram (Town)ColumbiaYes Austerlitz (Town)ColumbiaYes Canaan (Town)ColumbiaNo Chatham (Town)ColumbiaNo Chatham (Village)ColumbiaNo Claverack (Town)ColumbiaNo data Clermont (Town)ColumbiaNo Copake (Town)ColumbiaYes Gallatin (Town)ColumbiaYes Germantown (Town)ColumbiaYes Ghent (Town)ColumbiaYes Greenport (Town)ColumbiaYes Hillsdale (Town)ColumbiaYes Hudson (City)ColumbiaYes Kinderhook (Town)ColumbiaYes Kinderhook (Village)ColumbiaNo Livingston (Town)ColumbiaNo New Lebanon (Town)ColumbiaYes Philmont (Village)ColumbiaNo data Stockport (Town)ColumbiaNo data Stuyvesant (Town)ColumbiaYes Taghkanic (Town)ColumbiaYes Valatie (Village)ColumbiaYes Cincinnatus (Town)CortlandNo Cortland (City)CortlandYes Cortlandville (Town)CortlandNo Cuyler (Town)CortlandNo Freetown (Town)CortlandYes Harford (Town)CortlandNo data Homer (Town)CortlandYes Homer (Village)CortlandYes Lapeer (Town)CortlandNo Marathon (Town)CortlandNo Marathon (Village)CortlandNo McGraw (Village)CortlandYes Preble (Town)CortlandNo Scott (Town)CortlandYes Solon (Town)CortlandYes Taylor (Town)CortlandNo data Truxton (Town)CortlandNo data Virgil (Town)CortlandNo Willet (Town)CortlandNo Andes (Town)DelawareNo Bovina (Town)DelawareNo Colchester (Town)DelawareYes Davenport (Town)DelawareYes Delhi (Town)DelawareYes Delhi (Village)DelawareNo data Deposit (Town)DelawareYes Deposit (Village)DelawareYes Fleischmanns (Village)DelawareYes Franklin (Town)DelawareNo Franklin (Village)DelawareNo Hamden (Town)DelawareNo Hancock (Village)DelawareYes Harpersfield (Town)DelawareYes Hobart (Village)DelawareNo Kortright (Town)DelawareYes Margaretville (Village)DelawareYes Masonville (Town)DelawareNo Meredith (Town)DelawareNo data Middletown (Town)DelawareNo Roxbury (Town)DelawareNo Sidney (Town)DelawareYes Sidney (Village)DelawareNo Stamford (Town)DelawareNo Stamford (Village)DelawareNo Tompkins (Town)DelawareYes Walton (Town)DelawareNo Walton (Village)DelawareYes Amenia (Town)DutchessNo Beacon (City)DutchessYes Beekman (Town)DutchessNo Clinton (Town)DutchessYes Dover (Town)DutchessNo East Fishkill (Town)DutchessNo Fishkill (Town)DutchessYes Fishkill (Village)DutchessYes Hyde Park (Town)DutchessNo La Grange (Town)DutchessNo Milan (Town)DutchessNo Millbrook (Village)DutchessNo Millerton (Village)DutchessYes North East (Town)DutchessNo Pawling (Town)DutchessNo Pawling (Village)DutchessNo Pine Plains (Town)DutchessYes Pleasant Valley (Town)DutchessNo Poughkeepsie (City)DutchessYes Poughkeepsie (Town)DutchessYes Red Hook (Town)DutchessYes Red Hook (Village)DutchessYes Rhinebeck (Town)DutchessNo Rhinebeck (Village)DutchessNo Stanford (Town)DutchessNo Tivoli (Village)DutchessNo Union Vale (Town)DutchessNo Wappinger (Town)DutchessNo Wappingers Falls (Village)DutchessYes Washington (Town)DutchessNo Akron (Village)ErieNo Alden (Town)ErieNo Alden (Village)ErieNo Amherst (Town)ErieYes Angola (Village)ErieYes Aurora (Town)ErieNo Blasdell (Village)ErieYes Boston (Town)ErieYes Brant (Town)ErieNo Buffalo (City)ErieYes Cheektowaga (Town)ErieYes Clarence (Town)ErieNo Colden (Town)ErieNo Collins (Town)ErieNo Concord (Town)ErieYes Depew (Village)ErieYes East Aurora (Village)ErieYes Eden (Town)ErieYes Elma (Town)ErieNo Evans (Town)ErieYes Farnham (Village)ErieYes Gowanda (Village)ErieNo Grand Island (Town)ErieYes Hamburg (Town)ErieYes Hamburg (Village)ErieNo Holland (Town)ErieNo Kenmore (Village)ErieYes Lackawanna (City)ErieYes Lancaster (Town)ErieNo Lancaster (Village)ErieYes Marilla (Town)ErieNo Newstead (Town)ErieNo North Collins (Town)ErieNo North Collins (Village)ErieYes Orchard Park (Town)ErieYes Orchard Park (Village)ErieNo Sardinia (Town)ErieNo Sloan (Village)ErieYes Springville (Village)ErieYes Tonawanda (City)ErieYes Tonawanda (Town)ErieYes Wales (Town)ErieNo West Seneca (Town)ErieYes Williamsville (Village)ErieNo Chesterfield (Town)EssexNo Crown Point (Town)EssexYes Elizabethtown (Town)EssexNo Essex (Town)EssexNo Jay (Town)EssexNo data Keene (Town)EssexNo Lake Placid (Village)EssexNo Lewis (Town)EssexNo Minerva (Town)EssexYes Moriah (Town)EssexNo data Newcomb (Town)EssexNo North Elba (Town)EssexNo North Hudson (Town)EssexYes Saranac Lake (Village)EssexYes Schroon (Town)EssexNo St. Armand (Town)EssexNo Ticonderoga (Town)EssexNo Westport (Town)EssexYes Willsboro (Town)EssexYes Wilmington (Town)EssexNo Bangor (Town)FranklinYes Bellmont (Town)FranklinYes Bombay (Town)FranklinYes Brandon (Town)FranklinNo data Brighton (Town)FranklinYes Brushton (Village)FranklinYes Burke (Town)FranklinYes Burke (Village)FranklinYes Chateaugay (Town)FranklinYes Chateaugay (Village)FranklinYes Constable (Town)FranklinNo Dickinson (Town)FranklinYes Duane (Town)FranklinNo Fort Covington (Town)FranklinNo Franklin (Town)FranklinNo Harrietstown (Town)FranklinNo Malone (Town)FranklinNo data Malone (Village)FranklinNo Moira (Town)FranklinNo data Santa Clara (Town)FranklinNo Saranac Lake (Village)FranklinYes Tupper Lake (Town) FranklinYes Tupper Lake (Village)FranklinYes Waverly (Town)FranklinYes Westville (Town)FranklinYes Bleecker (Town)FultonNo Broadalbin (Town)FultonYes Caroga (Town)FultonYes Dolgeville (Village)FultonNo Ephratah (Town)FultonNo data Gloversville (City)FultonYes Johnstown (City)FultonNo data Johnstown (Town)FultonYes Mayfield (Town)FultonYes Mayfield (Village)FultonYes Northampton (Town)FultonNo Northville (Village)FultonYes Oppenheim (Town)FultonYes Perth (Town)FultonNo data Stratford (Town)FultonNo data Alabama (Town)GeneseeNo Alexander (Town)GeneseeNo Alexander (Village)GeneseeNo Batavia (City)GeneseeYes Batavia (Town)GeneseeNo Bergen (Town)GeneseeNo Bergen (Village)GeneseeNo Bethany (Town)GeneseeNo Byron (Town)GeneseeNo Corfu (Village)GeneseeYes Darien (Town)GeneseeYes Elba (Town)GeneseeNo Elba (Village)GeneseeNo Le Roy (Town)GeneseeNo Le Roy (Village)GeneseeNo Oakfield (Town)GeneseeNo Oakfield (Village)GeneseeNo Pavilion (Town)GeneseeYes Pembroke (Town)GeneseeYes Stafford (Town)GeneseeNo Ashland (Town)GreeneNo Athens (Town)GreeneYes Athens (Village)GreeneYes Cairo (Town)GreeneNo Catskill (Town)GreeneYes Catskill (Village)GreeneYes Coxsackie (Town)GreeneYes Coxsackie (Village)GreeneYes Durham (Town)GreeneNo Greenville (Town)GreeneNo Halcott (Town)GreeneNo Hunter (Town)GreeneNo Hunter (Village)GreeneNo Jewett (Town)GreeneNo Lexington (Town)GreeneYes New Baltimore (Town)GreeneNo Prattsville (Town)GreeneNo Tannersville (Village)GreeneYes Windham (Town)GreeneNo Arietta (Town)HamiltonNo Benson (Town)HamiltonNo Hope (Town)HamiltonNo data Indian Lake (Town)HamiltonYes Inlet (Town)HamiltonNo Lake Pleasant (Town)HamiltonNo Long Lake (Town)HamiltonYes Morehouse (Town)HamiltonNo Speculator (Village)HamiltonNo Wells (Town)HamiltonNo Coldbrook (Village)HerkimerNo Columbia (Town)HerkimerNo data Danube (Town)HerkimerNo data Fairfield (Town)HerkimerNo data Frankfort (Town)HerkimerYes Frankfort (Village)HerkimerYes German Flatts (Town)HerkimerNo Herkimer (Town)HerkimerYes Herkimer (Village)HerkimerYes Ilion (Village)HerkimerNo Litchfield (Town)HerkimerNo Little Falls (City)HerkimerNo data Little Falls (Town)HerkimerNo data Manheim (Town)HerkimerYes Middleville (Village)HerkimerNo Mohawk (Village)HerkimerNo Newport (Town)HerkimerNo data Norway (Town)HerkimerNo data Ohio (Town)HerkimerNo data Poland (Village)HerkimerNo data Russia (Town)HerkimerNo Salisbury (Town)HerkimerYes Schuyler (Town)HerkimerNo Stark (Town)HerkimerNo data Warren (Town)HerkimerYes Webb (Town)HerkimerYes West Winfield (Village)HerkimerYes Winfield (Town)HerkimerYes Adams (Town)JeffersonNo Adams (Village)JeffersonNo Alexandria (Town)JeffersonNo Alexandria Bay (Village)JeffersonNo Antwerp (Town)JeffersonNo Antwerp (Village)JeffersonYes Black River (Village)JeffersonNo Brownville (Town)JeffersonNo Brownville (Village)JeffersonNo Cape Vincent (Town)JeffersonNo Cape Vincent (Village)JeffersonNo Carthage (Village)JeffersonYes Champion (Town)JeffersonNo Chaumont (Village)JeffersonNo Clayton (Town)JeffersonNo Clayton (Village)JeffersonNo Deferiet (Village)JeffersonNo Dexter (Village)JeffersonNo Ellisburg (Town)JeffersonNo Ellisburg (Village)JeffersonYes Evans Mills (Village)JeffersonYes Glen Park (Village)JeffersonYes Henderson (Town)JeffersonNo Hounsfield (Town)JeffersonNo Le Ray (Town)JeffersonNo Lorraine (Town)JeffersonNo data Lyme (Town)JeffersonNo Mannsville (Village)JeffersonYes Orleans (Town)JeffersonYes Pamelia (Town)JeffersonYes Philadelphia (Town)JeffersonNo data Philadelphia (Village)JeffersonNo Rodman (Town)JeffersonNo Rutland (Town)JeffersonYes Sackets Harbor (Village)JeffersonYes Theresa (Town)JeffersonNo Theresa (Village)JeffersonYes Watertown (City)JeffersonNo Watertown (Town)JeffersonNo West Carthage (Village)JeffersonYes Wilna (Town)JeffersonNo Worth (Town)JeffersonNo Castorland (Village)LewisNo Constableville (Village)LewisNo Copenhagen (Village)LewisNo Croghan (Town)LewisNo Croghan (Village)LewisNo Denmark (Town)LewisNo Diana (Town)LewisNo Greig (Town)LewisNo Harrisburg (Town)LewisNo Lewis (Town)LewisNo Leyden (Town)LewisYes Lowville (Town)LewisNo Lowville (Village)LewisNo Lyons Falls (Village)LewisYes Lyonsdale (Town)LewisNo data Martinsburg (Town)LewisNo Montague (Town)LewisNo New Bremen (Town)LewisNo Osceola (Town)LewisNo Pinckney (Town)LewisNo Port Leyden (Village) LewisNo Turin (Town)LewisNo Turin (Village)LewisNo Watson (Town)LewisNo West Turin (Town)LewisNo Avon (Town)LivingstonYes Avon (Village)LivingstonYes Caledonia (Town)LivingstonYes Caledonia (Village)LivingstonYes Conesus (Town)LivingstonNo Dansville (Village)LivingstonNo Geneseo (Town)LivingstonNo Geneseo (Village)LivingstonNo Groveland (Town)LivingstonYes Leicester (Town)LivingstonNo data Lima (Town)LivingstonNo data Lima (Village)LivingstonYes Livonia (Town)LivingstonYes Livonia (Village)LivingstonNo data Mount Morris (Town)LivingstonYes Mount Morris (Village)LivingstonNo data North Dansville (Town)LivingstonNo Nunda (Town)LivingstonNo data Nunda (Village)LivingstonNo Ossian (Town)LivingstonNo Portage (Town)LivingstonNo data Sparta (Town)LivingstonNo data Springwater (Town)LivingstonNo data West Sparta (Town)LivingstonYes York (Town)LivingstonYes Brookfield (Town)MadisonNo Canastota (Village)MadisonNo Cazenovia (Town)MadisonNo Cazenovia (Village)MadisonNo Chittenango (Village)MadisonNo DeRuyter (Town)MadisonNo DeRuyter (Village)MadisonNo Eaton (Town)MadisonYes Fenner (Town)MadisonNo Georgetown (Town)MadisonNo Hamilton (Town)MadisonYes Hamilton (Village)MadisonYes Lebanon (Town)MadisonYes Lenox (Town)MadisonNo Lincoln (Town)MadisonYes Madison (Town)MadisonYes Madison (Village)MadisonNo data Morrisville (Village)MadisonYes Munnsville (Village)MadisonNo Nelson (Town)MadisonNo Oneida (City)MadisonNo Smithfield (Town)MadisonNo Stockbridge (Town)MadisonNo data Sullivan (Town)MadisonNo Wampsville (Village)MadisonNo Brighton (Town)MonroeYes Brockport (Village)MonroeYes Chili (Town)MonroeNo Churchville (Village)MonroeNo Clarkson (Town)MonroeNo East Rochester (Town)MonroeNo data East Rochester (Village)MonroeNo data Fairport (Village)MonroeYes Gates (Town)MonroeNo Greece (Town)MonroeNo Hamlin (Town)MonroeNo Henrietta (Town)MonroeYes Hilton (Village)MonroeNo Honeoye Falls (Village)MonroeYes Irondequoit (Town)MonroeYes Mendon (Town)MonroeNo Ogden (Town)MonroeNo Parma (Town)MonroeNo Penfield (Town)MonroeYes Perinton (Town)MonroeNo Pittsford (Town)MonroeNo Pittsford (Village)MonroeNo Riga (Town)MonroeNo Rochester (City)MonroeYes Rush (Town)MonroeYes Scottsville (Village)MonroeNo Spencerport (Village)MonroeYes Sweden (Town)MonroeNo Webster (Town)MonroeNo Webster (Village)MonroeNo Wheatland (Town)MonroeYes Ames (Village)MontgomeryNo data Amsterdam (City)MontgomeryNo data Amsterdam (Town)MontgomeryYes Canajoharie (Town)MontgomeryYes Canajoharie (Village)MontgomeryNo data Charleston (Town)MontgomeryNo data Florida (Town)MontgomeryNo data Fonda (Village)MontgomeryNo Fort Johnson (Village)MontgomeryNo Fort Plain (Village)MontgomeryNo Fultonville (Village)MontgomeryNo data Glen (Town)MontgomeryNo Hagaman (Village)MontgomeryNo data Minden (Town)MontgomeryNo data Mohawk (Town)MontgomeryNo data Nelliston (Village)MontgomeryYes Palatine (Town)MontgomeryNo data Palatine Bridge (Village)MontgomeryYes Root (Town)MontgomeryNo data St. Johnsville (Town)MontgomeryNo data St. Johnsville (Village)MontgomeryYes Atlantic Beach (Village)NassauNo Baxter Estates (Village)NassauNo Bayville (Village)NassauNo Bellerose (Village)NassauNo Brookville (Village)NassauNo Cedarhurst (Village)NassauNo Centre Island (Village)NassauNo Cove Neck (Village)NassauNo East Hills (Village)NassauNo East Rockaway (Village)NassauNo East Williston (Village)NassauNo Farmingdale (Village)NassauNo Floral Park (Village)NassauNo Flower Hill (Village)NassauNo Freeport (Village)NassauNo Garden City (Village)NassauNo Glen Cove (City)NassauNo Great Neck (Village)NassauNo Great Neck Estates (Village)NassauNo Great Neck Plaza (Village)NassauNo Hempstead (Town)NassauNo Hempstead (Village)NassauNo Hewlett Bay Park (Village)NassauNo Hewlett Harbor (Village)NassauNo data Hewlett Neck (Village)NassauNo Island Park (Village)NassauNo Kensington (Village)NassauNo Kings Point (Village)NassauYes Lake Success (Village)NassauNo Lattingtown (Village)NassauNo Laurel Hollow (Village)NassauNo Lawrence (Village)NassauNo Long Beach (City)NassauNo Lynbrook (Village)NassauNo Malverne (Village)NassauNo Manorhaven (Village)NassauNo Massapequa Park (Village)NassauNo Matinecock (Village)NassauNo Mill Neck (Village)NassauNo data Mineola (Village) NassauNo Munsey Park (Village)NassauNo Muttontown (Village)NassauNo New Hyde Park (Village)NassauNo North Hempstead (Town)NassauNo North Hills (Village)NassauNo Old Brookville (Village)NassauNo Old Westbury (Village)NassauNo Oyster Bay (Town)NassauNo Oyster Bay Cove (Village)NassauYes Plandome (Village)NassauNo data Plandome Heights (Village)NassauNo Plandome Manor (Village)NassauNo Port Washington North (Village)NassauNo Rockville Centre (Village)NassauNo Roslyn (Village)NassauNo Roslyn Estates (Village)NassauNo Roslyn Harbor (Village)NassauNo Russell Gardens (Village)NassauNo Saddle Rock (Village)NassauYes Sands Point (Village)NassauNo Sea Cliff (Village)NassauNo South Floral Park (Village)NassauNo Stewart Manor (Village)NassauNo Thomaston (Village)NassauNo Upper Brookville (Village)NassauNo Valley Stream (Village)NassauNo Westbury (Village)NassauNo Williston Park (Village)NassauNo Woodsburgh (Village)NassauNo Barker (Village)NiagaraYes Cambria (Town)NiagaraNo Hartland (Town)NiagaraNo Lewiston (Town)NiagaraYes Lewiston (Village)NiagaraYes Lockport (City)NiagaraYes Lockport (Town)NiagaraYes Middleport (Village)NiagaraNo Newfane (Town)NiagaraYes Niagara (Town)NiagaraNo Niagara Falls (City)NiagaraYes North Tonawanda (City)NiagaraYes Pendleton (Town)NiagaraNo Porter (Town)NiagaraYes Royalton (Town)NiagaraNo Somerset (Town)NiagaraNo Wheatfield (Town)NiagaraYes Wilson (Town)NiagaraNo Wilson (Village)NiagaraYes Youngstown (Village)NiagaraNo Annsville (Town)OneidaYes Augusta (Town)OneidaYes Ava (Town)OneidaNo data Boonville (Town)OneidaNo Boonville (Village)OneidaYes Bridgewater (Town)OneidaNo Camden (Town)OneidaYes Camden (Village)OneidaNo Clayville (Village)OneidaNo Clinton (Village)OneidaNo Deerfield (Town)OneidaYes Florence (Town)OneidaNo Floyd (Town)OneidaYes Forestport (Town)OneidaYes Holland Patent (Village)OneidaYes Kirkland (Town)OneidaYes Lee (Town)OneidaNo Marcy (Town)OneidaYes Marshall (Town)OneidaYes New Hartford (Town)OneidaNo data New Hartford (Village)OneidaNo data New York Mills (Village) OneidaNo data Oneida Castle (Village)OneidaNo Oriskany (Village)OneidaYes Oriskany Falls (Village) OneidaYes Paris (Town)OneidaYes Remsen (Town)OneidaNo data Remsen (Village)OneidaYes Rome (City)OneidaNo data Sangerfield (Town)OneidaYes Sherrill (City)OneidaNo Steuben (Town)OneidaNo data Sylvan Beach (Village)OneidaYes Trenton (Town)OneidaYes Utica (City)OneidaYes Vernon (Town)OneidaNo Vernon (Village)OneidaNo data Verona (Town)OneidaYes Vienna (Town)OneidaYes Waterville (Village)OneidaNo Western (Town)OneidaYes Westmoreland (Town)OneidaNo Whitesboro (Village)OneidaYes Whitestown (Town)OneidaYes Yorkville (Village)OneidaYes Baldwinsville (Village) OnondagaNo Camillus (Town)OnondagaNo Camillus (Village)OnondagaNo Cicero (Town)OnondagaNo Clay (Town)OnondagaNo data DeWitt (Town)OnondagaYes East Syracuse (Village)OnondagaYes Elbridge (Town)OnondagaNo Elbridge (Village)OnondagaNo Fabius (Town)OnondagaNo Fabius (Village)OnondagaNo data Fayetteville (Village)OnondagaNo Geddes (Town)OnondagaYes Jordan (Village)OnondagaNo LaFayette (Town)OnondagaNo Liverpool (Village)OnondagaNo Lysander (Town)OnondagaYes Manlius (Town)OnondagaYes Manlius (Village)OnondagaNo Marcellus (Town)OnondagaYes Marcellus (Village)OnondagaNo Minoa (Village)OnondagaNo North Syracuse (Village) OnondagaYes Onondaga (Town)OnondagaYes Otisco (Town)OnondagaNo Pompey (Town)OnondagaNo Salina (Town)OnondagaYes Skaneateles (Town)OnondagaYes Skaneateles (Village)OnondagaNo Solvay (Village)OnondagaNo Spafford (Town)OnondagaYes Syracuse (City)OnondagaYes Tully (Town)OnondagaYes Tully (Village)OnondagaNo Van Buren (Town)OnondagaYes Bloomfield (Village)OntarioYes Bristol (Town)OntarioNo Canadice (Town)OntarioYes Canandaigua (City)OntarioYes Canandaigua (Town)OntarioNo Clifton Springs (Village)OntarioYes East Bloomfield (Town)OntarioNo Farmington (Town)OntarioNo Geneva (City)OntarioYes Geneva (Town)OntarioYes Gorham (Town)OntarioNo Hopewell (Town)OntarioNo Manchester (Town)OntarioNo Manchester (Village)OntarioYes Naples (Town)OntarioNo Naples (Village)OntarioYes Phelps (Town)OntarioNo data Phelps (Village)OntarioYes Richmond (Town)OntarioNo Rushville (Village)OntarioYes Seneca (Town)OntarioNo Shortsville (Village)OntarioNo South Bristol (Town)OntarioNo Victor (Town)OntarioYes Victor (Village)OntarioYes West Bloomfield (Town)OntarioNo Blooming Grove (Town)OrangeNo Chester (Town)OrangeNo Chester (Village)OrangeNo Cornwall (Town)OrangeNo Cornwall-on-Hudson (Village)OrangeNo Crawford (Town)OrangeNo Deerpark (Town)OrangeNo Florida (Village) OrangeNo Goshen (Town)OrangeNo Goshen (Village)OrangeNo Greenville (Town)OrangeNo Greenwood Lake (Village)OrangeNo Hamptonburgh (Town)OrangeNo Harriman (Village) OrangeNo Highland Falls (Village)OrangeNo Highlands (Town)OrangeNo Kiryas Joel (Village)OrangeNo data Maybrook (Village)OrangeNo Middletown (City)OrangeNo Minisink (Town)OrangeNo Monroe (Town)OrangeNo Monroe (Village)OrangeNo Montgomery (Town)OrangeNo Montgomery (Village)OrangeNo data Mount Hope (Town)OrangeNo New Windsor (Town)OrangeNo Newburgh (City)OrangeYes Newburgh (Town)OrangeYes Otisville (Village)OrangeNo Palm Tree (Town)OrangeNo data Port Jervis (City)OrangeYes South Blooming Grove (Village)OrangeNo data Tuxedo (Town)OrangeYes Tuxedo Park (Village)OrangeNo Unionville (Village)OrangeNo Walden (Village)OrangeNo Wallkill (Town)OrangeNo Warwick (Town)OrangeYes Warwick (Village)OrangeNo Washingtonville (Village)OrangeNo Wawayanda (Town)OrangeYes Woodbury (Town)OrangeNo data Woodbury (Village)OrangeYes Albion (Town)OrleansNo Albion (Village) OrleansYes Barre (Town)OrleansNo Carlton (Town)OrleansNo Clarendon (Town)OrleansNo Gaines (Town)OrleansNo Holley (Village)OrleansNo Kendall (Town)OrleansNo data Lyndonville (Village)OrleansNo Medina (Village) OrleansYes Murray (Town)OrleansNo Ridgeway (Town)OrleansNo Shelby (Town)OrleansNo Yates (Town)OrleansNo Albion (Town)OswegoNo Amboy (Town)OswegoNo Boylston (Town)OswegoNo data Central Square (Village)OswegoNo Cleveland (Village)OswegoNo Constantia (Town)OswegoNo Fulton (City)OswegoYes Granby (Town)OswegoYes Hannibal (Town)OswegoYes Hannibal (Village)OswegoYes Hastings (Town)OswegoYes Lacona (Village)OswegoNo Mexico (Town)OswegoNo Mexico (Village)OswegoNo Minetto (Town)OswegoYes New Haven (Town)OswegoNo Orwell (Town)OswegoNo Oswego (City)OswegoYes Oswego (Town)OswegoNo Palermo (Town)OswegoNo Parish (Town)OswegoYes Parish (Village)OswegoYes Phoenix (Village)OswegoYes Pulaski (Village)OswegoYes Redfield (Town)OswegoNo Richland (Town)OswegoNo Sandy Creek (Town)OswegoYes Sandy Creek (Village)OswegoNo Schroeppel (Town)OswegoYes Scriba (Town)OswegoYes Volney (Town)OswegoNo West Monroe (Town)OswegoYes Williamstown (Town)OswegoNo Burlington (Town)OtsegoNo data Butternuts (Town)OtsegoYes Cherry Valley (Town)OtsegoYes Cherry Valley (Village)OtsegoYes Cooperstown (Village) OtsegoYes Decatur (Town)OtsegoYes Edmeston (Town)OtsegoNo Exeter (Town)OtsegoYes Gilbertsville (Village)OtsegoNo data Hartwick (Town)OtsegoYes Laurens (Town)OtsegoYes Laurens (Village)OtsegoYes Maryland (Town)OtsegoYes Middlefield (Town)OtsegoYes Milford (Town)OtsegoYes Milford (Village)OtsegoNo data Morris (Town)OtsegoYes Morris (Village)OtsegoNo data New Lisbon (Town)OtsegoYes Oneonta (City)OtsegoYes Oneonta (Town)OtsegoYes Otego (Town)OtsegoYes Otego (Village)OtsegoYes Otsego (Town)OtsegoNo Pittsfield (Town)OtsegoYes Plainfield (Town)OtsegoYes Richfield (Town)OtsegoNo Richfield Springs (Village)OtsegoYes Roseboom (Town)OtsegoYes Springfield (Town)OtsegoYes Unadilla (Town)OtsegoYes Unadilla (Village)OtsegoYes Westford (Town)OtsegoNo Worcester (Town)OtsegoNo Brewster (Village)PutnamNo Carmel (Town)PutnamNo Cold Spring (Village)PutnamYes Kent (Town)PutnamNo Nelsonville (Village)PutnamNo Patterson (Town)PutnamNo Philipstown (Town)PutnamNo Putnam Valley (Town)PutnamNo Southeast (Town)PutnamNo Berlin (Town)RensselaerNo Brunswick (Town)RensselaerNo data Castleton-on-Hudson (Village)RensselaerYes East Greenbush (Town)RensselaerYes East Nassau (Village)RensselaerYes Grafton (Town)RensselaerYes Hoosick (Town)RensselaerNo Hoosick Falls (Village)RensselaerYes Nassau (Town)RensselaerYes Nassau (Village)RensselaerYes North Greenbush (Town)RensselaerYes Petersburgh (Town)RensselaerYes Pittstown (Town)RensselaerYes Poestenkill (Town)RensselaerYes Rensselaer (City)RensselaerNo data Sand Lake (Town)RensselaerNo Schaghticoke (Town)RensselaerNo data Schaghticoke (Village)RensselaerNo data Schodack (Town)RensselaerYes Stephentown (Town)RensselaerYes Troy (City)RensselaerYes Valley Falls (Village)RensselaerNo Airmont (Village)RocklandYes Chestnut Ridge (Village)RocklandYes Clarkstown (Town)RocklandNo Grand View-on-Hudson (Village)RocklandNo Haverstraw (Town)RocklandNo data Haverstraw (Village)RocklandYes Hillburn (Village)RocklandNo data Kaser (Village)RocklandNo data Montebello (Village)RocklandNo data New Hempstead (Village)RocklandNo New Square (Village)RocklandNo Nyack (Village) RocklandNo data Orangetown (Town)RocklandNo Piermont (Village)RocklandYes Pomona (Village) RocklandNo Ramapo (Town)RocklandNo Sloatsburg (Village)RocklandNo South Nyack (Village)RocklandNo data Spring Valley (Village)RocklandNo data Stony Point (Town)RocklandNo Suffern (Village)RocklandNo Upper Nyack (Village)RocklandNo data Wesley Hills (Village)RocklandYes West Haverstraw (Village)RocklandNo Ballston (Town)SaratogaYes Ballston Spa (Village) SaratogaYes Charlton (Town)SaratogaNo Clifton Park (Town)SaratogaNo Corinth (Town)SaratogaYes Corinth (Village)SaratogaYes Day (Town)SaratogaNo Edinburg (Town)SaratogaNo data Galway (Town)SaratogaNo Galway (Village)SaratogaNo Greenfield (Town)SaratogaNo data Hadley (Town)SaratogaYes Halfmoon (Town)SaratogaNo data Malta (Town)SaratogaNo Mechanicville (City)SaratogaNo data Milton (Town)SaratogaNo data Moreau (Town)SaratogaNo Northumberland (Town)SaratogaNo Providence (Town)SaratogaNo Round Lake (Village)SaratogaYes Saratoga (Town)SaratogaNo data Saratoga Springs (City)SaratogaYes Schuylerville (Village)SaratogaYes South Glens Falls (Village)SaratogaNo data Stillwater (Town)SaratogaNo data Stillwater (Village)SaratogaYes Victory (Village)SaratogaNo Waterford (Town)SaratogaYes Waterford (Village)SaratogaNo Wilton (Town)SaratogaNo Delanson (Village)SchenectadyNo data Duanesburg (Town)SchenectadyYes Glenville (Town)SchenectadyNo Niskayuna (Town)SchenectadyNo Princetown (Town)SchenectadyNo data Rotterdam (Town)SchenectadyYes Schenectady (City)SchenectadyYes Scotia (Village)SchenectadyYes Blenheim (Town)SchoharieYes Broome (Town)SchoharieNo data Carlisle (Town)SchoharieNo data Cobleskill (Town)SchoharieYes Cobleskill (Village)SchoharieYes Conesville (Town)SchoharieYes Esperance (Town)SchoharieYes Esperance (Village)SchoharieYes Fulton (Town)SchoharieNo Gilboa (Town)SchoharieYes Jefferson (Town)SchoharieNo Middleburgh (Town)SchoharieYes Middleburgh (Village)SchoharieYes Richmondville (Town)SchoharieNo Richmondville (Village)SchoharieYes Schoharie (Town)SchoharieYes Schoharie (Village)SchoharieYes Seward (Town)SchoharieYes Sharon (Town)SchoharieNo Sharon Springs (Village)SchoharieNo Summit (Town)SchoharieNo data Wright (Town)SchoharieYes Burdett (Village)SchuylerNo Catharine (Town)SchuylerYes Cayuta (Town)SchuylerNo data Dix (Town)SchuylerYes Hector (Town)SchuylerNo data Montour (Town)SchuylerYes Montour Falls (Village)SchuylerNo Odessa (Village) SchuylerNo Orange (Town)SchuylerNo data Reading (Town)SchuylerNo data Tyrone (Town)SchuylerNo Watkins Glen (Village)SchuylerYes Covert (Town)Seneca No Fayette (Town)Seneca No Interlaken (Village)Seneca No data Junius (Town)Seneca Yes Lodi (Town)Seneca Yes Lodi (Village)Seneca Yes Ovid (Town)Seneca No Ovid (Village)Seneca No Romulus (Town)Seneca Yes Seneca Falls (Town)Seneca Yes Tyre (Town)Seneca No data Varick (Town)Seneca No Waterloo (Town)Seneca No data Waterloo (Village)Seneca No Brasher (Town)St. LawrenceNo Canton (Town)St. LawrenceYes Canton (Village)St. LawrenceYes Clare (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Clifton (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Colton (Town)St. LawrenceYes De Kalb (Town)St. LawrenceNo De Peyster (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Edwards (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Fine (Town)St. LawrenceYes Fowler (Town)St. LawrenceNo Gouverneur (Town)St. LawrenceYes Gouverneur (Village)St. LawrenceNo data Hammond (Town)St. LawrenceNo Hammond (Village)St. LawrenceNo Hermon (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Heuvelton (Village)St. LawrenceNo Hopkinton (Town)St. LawrenceNo Lawrence (Town)St. LawrenceYes Lisbon (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Louisville (Town)St. LawrenceYes Macomb (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Madrid (Town)St. LawrenceNo Massena (Town)St. LawrenceYes Massena (Village)St. LawrenceYes Morristown (Town)St. LawrenceYes Norfolk (Town)St. LawrenceNo Norwood (Village)St. LawrenceYes Ogdensburg (City)St. LawrenceYes Oswegatchie (Town)St. LawrenceYes Parishville (Town)St. LawrenceYes Piercefield (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Pierrepont (Town)St. LawrenceYes Pitcairn (Town)St. LawrenceNo Potsdam (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Potsdam (Village)St. LawrenceYes Rensselaer Falls (Village)St. LawrenceYes Richville (Village)St. LawrenceNo data Rossie (Town)St. LawrenceNo data Russell (Town)St. LawrenceYes Stockholm (Town)St. LawrenceYes Waddington (Town)St. LawrenceYes Waddington (Village)St. LawrenceNo data Addison (Town)SteubenNo Addison (Village)SteubenNo Almond (Village) SteubenNo data Arkport (Village)SteubenNo Avoca (Town)SteubenNo Avoca (Village)SteubenNo Bath (Town)SteubenNo Bath (Village)SteubenYes Bradford (Town)SteubenNo data Cameron (Town)SteubenNo data Campbell (Town)SteubenNo Canisteo (Town)SteubenNo Canisteo (Village)SteubenNo Caton (Town)SteubenNo Cohocton (Town)SteubenYes Cohocton (Village)SteubenYes Corning (City)SteubenYes Corning (Town)SteubenNo Dansville (Town)SteubenNo Erwin (Town)SteubenNo Fremont (Town)SteubenNo Greenwood (Town)SteubenNo Hammondsport (Village)SteubenNo Hartsville (Town)SteubenNo Hornby (Town)SteubenYes Hornell (City)SteubenNo Hornellsville (Town)SteubenNo Howard (Town)SteubenNo Jasper (Town)SteubenNo Lindley (Town)SteubenYes North Hornell (Village)SteubenNo Painted Post (Village)SteubenNo data Prattsburgh (Town)SteubenNo data Pulteney (Town)SteubenYes Rathbone (Town)SteubenYes Riverside (Village)SteubenNo Savona (Village)SteubenNo data South Corning (Village)SteubenNo Thurston (Town)SteubenNo Troupsburg (Town)SteubenNo data Tuscarora (Town)SteubenNo Urbana (Town)SteubenNo Wayland (Town)SteubenNo data Wayland (Village)SteubenNo Wayne (Town)SteubenNo West Union (Town)SteubenNo data Wheeler (Town)SteubenNo Woodhull (Town)SteubenNo data Amityville (Village)SuffolkNo Asharoken (Village)SuffolkNo data Babylon (Town)SuffolkYes Babylon (Village)SuffolkNo Belle Terre (Village)SuffolkNo data Bellport (Village)SuffolkNo Brightwaters (Village)SuffolkNo Brookhaven (Town)SuffolkYes Dering Harbor (Village)SuffolkNo East Hampton (Town)SuffolkNo East Hampton (Village)SuffolkNo Greenport (Village)SuffolkNo Head of the Harbor (Village)SuffolkYes Huntington (Town)SuffolkNo Huntington Bay (Village)SuffolkYes Islandia (Village)SuffolkNo Islip (Town)SuffolkNo Lake Grove (Village)SuffolkNo data Lindenhurst (Village)SuffolkNo Lloyd Harbor (Village)SuffolkNo Nissequogue (Village)SuffolkNo North Haven (Village)SuffolkYes Northport (Village)SuffolkNo Ocean Beach (Village)SuffolkNo Old Field (Village)SuffolkYes Patchogue (Village)SuffolkNo Poquott (Village)SuffolkNo Port Jefferson (Village)SuffolkNo Quogue (Village)SuffolkNo Riverhead (Town)SuffolkYes Sag Harbor (Village) SuffolkNo Sagaponack (Village)SuffolkNo Saltaire (Village)SuffolkNo Shelter Island (Town)SuffolkNo Shoreham (Village)SuffolkNo Smithtown (Town)SuffolkNo Southampton (Town)SuffolkYes Southampton (Village)SuffolkNo Southold (Town)SuffolkNo Village of the Branch (Village)SuffolkNo West Hampton Dunes (Village)SuffolkNo data Westhampton Beach (Village)SuffolkNo Bethel (Town)SullivanYes Bloomingburg (Village)SullivanNo Callicoon (Town)SullivanNo Cochecton (Town)SullivanNo Delaware (Town)SullivanYes Fallsburg (Town)SullivanYes Forestburgh (Town)SullivanNo data Fremont (Town)SullivanNo data Highland (Town)SullivanNo Jeffersonville (Village)SullivanNo data Liberty (Town)SullivanYes Liberty (Village)SullivanNo data Lumberland (Town)SullivanNo Mamakating (Town)SullivanYes Monticello (Village)SullivanYes Neversink (Town)SullivanNo Rockland (Town)SullivanYes Thompson (Town)SullivanYes Tusten (Town)SullivanNo data Woodridge (Village)SullivanNo data Wurtsboro (Village)SullivanYes Barton (Town)TiogaNo Berkshire (Town)TiogaYes Candor (Town)TiogaYes Candor (Village)TiogaYes Newark Valley (Town)TiogaNo Newark Valley (Village)TiogaYes Nichols (Town)TiogaYes Nichols (Village)TiogaNo Owego (Town)TiogaNo Owego (Village)TiogaYes Richford (Town)TiogaNo Spencer (Town)TiogaNo Spencer (Village)TiogaNo Tioga (Town)TiogaNo Waverly (Village)TiogaNo Caroline (Town)TompkinsNo Cayuga Heights (Village)TompkinsYes Danby (Town)TompkinsYes Dryden (Town)TompkinsYes Dryden (Village)TompkinsNo Enfield (Town)TompkinsYes Freeville (Village)TompkinsNo Groton (Town)TompkinsNo Groton (Village)TompkinsNo Ithaca (City)TompkinsYes Ithaca (Town)TompkinsYes Lansing (Town)TompkinsNo Lansing (Village)TompkinsYes Newfield (Town)TompkinsYes Trumansburg (Village)TompkinsYes Ulysses (Town)TompkinsYes Denning (Town)UlsterYes Ellenville (Village)UlsterYes Esopus (Town)UlsterNo Gardiner (Town)UlsterYes Hardenburgh (Town)UlsterNo data Hurley (Town)UlsterYes Kingston (City)UlsterYes Kingston (Town)UlsterYes Lloyd (Town)UlsterYes Marbletown (Town)UlsterYes Marlborough (Town)UlsterYes New Paltz (Town)UlsterYes New Paltz (Village)UlsterYes Olive (Town)UlsterYes Plattekill (Town)UlsterNo Rochester (Town)UlsterYes Rosendale (Town)UlsterYes Saugerties (Town)UlsterNo Saugerties (Village)UlsterYes Shandaken (Town)UlsterYes Shawangunk (Town)UlsterNo Ulster (Town)UlsterYes Wawarsing (Town)UlsterNo Woodstock (Town)UlsterYes Bolton (Town)WarrenNo Chester (Town)WarrenNo Glens Falls (City)WarrenYes Hague (Town)WarrenYes Horicon (Town)WarrenNo Johnsburg (Town)WarrenYes Lake George (Town)WarrenNo Lake George (Village)WarrenNo Lake Luzerne (Town)WarrenNo data Queensbury (Town)WarrenYes Stony Creek (Town)WarrenNo Thurman (Town)WarrenYes Warrensburg (Town)WarrenYes Argyle (Town)WashingtonYes Argyle (Village)WashingtonNo data Cambridge (Town)WashingtonYes Cambridge (Village)WashingtonYes Dresden (Town)WashingtonNo data Easton (Town)WashingtonYes Fort Ann (Town)WashingtonYes Fort Ann (Village)WashingtonYes Fort Edward (Town)WashingtonYes Granville (Town)WashingtonNo Granville (Village)WashingtonYes Greenwich (Town)WashingtonNo Greenwich (Village)WashingtonYes Hampton (Town)WashingtonYes Hartford (Town)WashingtonYes Hebron (Town)WashingtonYes Hudson Falls (Village)WashingtonNo data Jackson (Town)WashingtonNo data Kingsbury (Town)WashingtonNo Putnam (Town)WashingtonYes Salem (Town)WashingtonYes White Creek (Town)WashingtonYes Whitehall (Town)WashingtonYes Whitehall (Village)WashingtonNo data Arcadia (Town)WayneYes Butler (Town)WayneYes Clyde (Village)WayneYes Galen (Town)WayneYes Huron (Town)WayneYes Lyons (Town)WayneYes Macedon (Town)WayneYes Marion (Town)WayneYes Newark (Village)WayneYes Ontario (Town)WayneYes Palmyra (Town)WayneYes Palmyra (Village)WayneYes Red Creek (Village)WayneNo Rose (Town)WayneYes Savannah (Town)WayneYes Sodus (Town)WayneYes Sodus (Village)WayneYes Sodus Point (Village)WayneYes Walworth (Town)WayneNo Williamson (Town)WayneYes Wolcott (Town)WayneYes Wolcott (Village) WayneYes Ardsley (Village)WestchesterNo Bedford (Town)WestchesterNo Briarcliff Manor (Village)WestchesterNo Bronxville (Village)WestchesterNo Buchanan (Village)WestchesterNo Cortlandt (Town)WestchesterYes Croton-on-Hudson (Village)WestchesterYes Dobbs Ferry (Village)WestchesterNo Eastchester (Town)WestchesterNo Elmsford (Village)WestchesterNo Greenburgh (Town)WestchesterYes Harrison (Town)WestchesterNo Harrison (Village)WestchesterNo Hastings-on-Hudson (Village)WestchesterYes Irvington (Village)WestchesterNo Larchmont (Village)WestchesterNo Lewisboro (Town)WestchesterNo Mamaroneck (Town)WestchesterNo Mamaroneck (Village) WestchesterNo Mount Kisco (Town)WestchesterNo Mount Kisco (Village)WestchesterNo Mount Pleasant (Town)WestchesterNo Mount Vernon (City)WestchesterYes New Castle (Town)WestchesterNo New Rochelle (City)WestchesterYes North Castle (Town)WestchesterNo North Salem (Town)WestchesterNo Ossining (Town)WestchesterYes Ossining (Village)WestchesterYes Peekskill (City)WestchesterYes Pelham (Town)WestchesterNo data Pelham (Village)WestchesterNo Pelham Manor (Village)WestchesterNo Pleasantville (Village)WestchesterNo Port Chester (Village)WestchesterNo Pound Ridge (Town)WestchesterYes Rye (City)WestchesterNo Rye (Town)WestchesterYes Rye Brook (Village)WestchesterNo Scarsdale (Town)WestchesterNo Scarsdale (Village)WestchesterNo Sleepy Hollow (Village)WestchesterYes Somers (Town)WestchesterNo Tarrytown (Village)WestchesterYes Tuckahoe (Village)WestchesterNo White Plains (City)WestchesterYes Yonkers (City)WestchesterYes Yorktown (Town)WestchesterNo Arcade (Town)WyomingYes Arcade (Village)WyomingYes Attica (Town)WyomingNo Attica (Village)WyomingYes Bennington (Town)WyomingNo Castile (Town)WyomingNo Castile (Village)WyomingNo Covington (Town)WyomingNo Eagle (Town)WyomingYes Gainesville (Town)WyomingNo Gainesville (Village)WyomingNo Genesee Falls (Town)WyomingYes Java (Town)WyomingYes Middlebury (Town)WyomingNo Orangeville (Town)WyomingNo Perry (Town)WyomingNo Perry (Village) WyomingNo Pike (Town)WyomingNo Sheldon (Town)WyomingYes Silver Springs (Village)WyomingNo Warsaw (Town)WyomingNo Warsaw (Village)WyomingYes Wethersfield (Town)WyomingNo Wyoming (Village)WyomingNo data Barrington (Town)YatesYes Benton (Town)YatesNo Dresden (Village)YatesNo Dundee (Village)YatesYes Italy (Town)YatesYes Jerusalem (Town)YatesNo Middlesex (Town)YatesNo Milo (Town)YatesYes Penn Yan (Village) YatesYes Potter (Town)YatesNo data Starkey (Town)YatesYes Torrey (Town)YatesYesUnlike the retail sector, New York municipalities can’t opt out of cannabis cultivation and manufacturing by licensed businesses.
Christopher Anderson, director of research and programming for the Association of Towns of the State of New York, believes some communities will “opt back in when they see real-world examples of successful retail outlets” and business proposals are brought before them.
“If you’re in the middle of Oneida County, up in the hinterlands, there’s no pressing need to opt in – you can opt out, take your time and then only worry about the matter, or consider the matter, when you have a proposal in front of you,” Anderson said.
Municipalities might also rethink opt-outs “once participating municipalities begin seeing tax revenue,” Beacon Securities analysts Doug Cooper, Russell Stanley and Christopher Santos predicted in a Jan. 4 note to clients.
“Revenue generation is always on town officials’ concerns,” noted the Association of Towns’ Anderson.
“But I think they also have issues with public perception and fear, basically – it’s an unknown.”
Next steps in New York
The chair of New York’s Cannabis Control Board, which wasn’t fully established until late last year, recently acknowledged that recreational retailers won’t be licensed to open until 2023.
Regulations for adult-use cannabis retailers have yet to be issued.
“Now that the board is constituted, we are examining the critical elements of the timeline, including our need for meaningful public engagement, the interplay with equity goals, and the necessity of establishing a stable market,” New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) spokesman Freeman Klopott said in a statement to MJBizDaily.
“We expect to release adult-use regulations in the first quarter of this year.”
The Rockefeller Institute’s Trela said opt-in municipalities can pass zoning regulations to control cannabis businesses locations – a process that has “already started” – as well as approve time, place, and manner restrictions.
The 10 companies currently licensed to produce and sell medical cannabis in New York are already allowed up to four dispensaries, plus another four under the new adult-use law, noted Toronto-based Beacon Securities, with three of the dispensaries permitted to serve the adult-use market.
One of those existing medical operators, Chicago-based Cresco Labs, currently has dispensaries in Brooklyn, Huntington Station, Bardonia and New Hartford.
Bardonia and Huntington Station have opted out of recreational retail, at least for now.
Those locations will continue as medical dispensaries “for the time being,” said John Sullivan, Cresco’s executive vice president of public affairs.
“We will continue to talk to those towns about what their thoughts are,” he said.
“I don’t think any doors are shut yet. All these towns are still looking at this.
“The only way to preserve being able to opt out … with the (regulations) not out yet, was to opt out before the end of the year.”
In some other Cresco markets, added company spokesperson Jason Erkes, communities have opted out at first, then changed their minds.
“And then the next time around, they’re raising their hand, saying, ‘Hey, wait a minute, we want new firetrucks, we want new computers for the school,’ … and then they’re fighting in that second round to get stores in their community.”
Making inroads with municipalities
Some New York municipalities are creating processes to vet potential cannabis businesses, according to Rob DiPisa, co-chair of the marijuana law group at Cole Schotz and a partner in the firm’s real estate practice.
DiPisa, who represents landlords and cannabis companies in New York, offered this advice for cannabis businesses approaching opt-in towns:
“I think, first and foremost, you need to approach these towns not (with the attitude of), ‘What can the town do for us,’ but you really need to give them a presentation as to what you are going to bring to the town, what this business is going to mean for the town.”
“What kind of programs are you going to help the town with?” he continued.
“Are you going to raise money for charities? It’s just like any other business going in these municipalities.
“You want to show them that you’re going to be a partner, you’re going to be part of the community, and that you are going to listen to the concerns of the town.”
When approaching opt-out towns, Anderson of the Association of Towns advises contacting members of a town board directly to set up a conversation before making a more formal case at a board meeting.
“But certainly, talk to the town officials first – you may be the first person to talk to them about the issue,” he said.
“And what they may need is more information.
“And you also may find that they’re just not interested at all, obviously.”
Cole Schotz’s DiPisa said he advises clients against trying to launch a business in an opt-out municipality.
“If they really don’t want you there, that municipality is going to fight you every step of the way, and this business is hard enough as it is,” he said.
However, he added, opportunities might exist in opt-out municipalities that have decided to opt back in, “and you’re one of the first groups that is in discussions with them right before, or while they’re in the process of opting back in.”
Now that everyone knows which municipalities have proactively opted in, DiPisa said, applicants will be busy competing to enter those communities.
“So you’ve got to approach it like a partnership, you have to be open to change,” he said.
“You can’t just walk into these towns and think that you are going to do whatever you want, without any kind of input or collaboration, because it’s just not going to work.”
Solomon Israel can be reached at [email protected].
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