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Come the start of the legislative session in January, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will reveal a "green new deal" of his own. Details are scarce, but the governor's team promised it would consider the recommendations that the Department of Health released in July calling for the state to allow, license and regulate recreational cannabis consumption—as well as suggestions gathered at "listening sessions" held across the state in September and October.
"The goal of this administration is to create a model program for regulated adult-use marijuana," Cuomo spokesman Tyrone Stevens said.
