Patricia R. Doxsey reports in the Daily Freeman that an injunction is still blocking New York from licensing more cannabis retail stores, but State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant on Aug. 25 directed the state Attorney General’s Office to draft an order allowing 30 businesses that met all requirements for licensing but had not yet received approval to open a retail dispensary before the injunction against new licenses was made on Aug. 7. Of the 30 additional businesses, two are in the Mid-Hudson Valley region. The day before the state attorney general filed an appeal to lift the stay. More than two years after cannabis legalization in New York there are only 19 retail dispensaries and four temporary delivery-only locations open in the state, and none of those are located in Greene, Columbia, Ulster or Dutchess counties. The judge gave both sides ten days to file additional documents in the larger case, and set a new court date for Sept. 15. Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.