SNAFU. Weaponized Incompetence.

I did a bad thing. I applied for a NYS OCM MicroBusiness License. I knew it would be a ish show but I wanted a front row seat. I got one. I applied early in October of 2023 and was the 150th submitted application. As a service disabled veteran, NYS MMJ card holder and distressed farmer with site control I thought I stood a decent chance as those were categories they specifically said they wanted to help. Then I remembered where I was.

After they reorganized the application list for “fairness” in a completely “random” way I was moved down to 659. That list included both Microbusiness applicants but retail sites (dispos) and cultivators maybe? I don’t really remember because they said they were only doing 200 Micro licenses. And I was like the 150th micro business on that list. So I thought I’d be good but I’ve heard nothing from OCM since early March. I filed a FOIL Inquiry in April they said they would fill in 30 days. They didn’t.

After OCM had a smoking crater of an Office of General Services (OGS) report dropped on them and their command team axed, they released some vague documents about post application approval that didn’t really contain anything new or useful and no one has heard anything from them since.

When you do the Cui Bono to this shit show it’s the Multi State Operations (corporate weed). Hocul, a Cuomo holdover, put these clowns in. They were supposed to fail. They went above and beyond. I am interested in seeking recovery of damages from NYS and am not alone. Soon.