Jersey City’s Ward F being left out, not lifted up, new Cannabis Control Board report shows
Jersey City’s cannabis market is slowly taking shape, but the predominantly Black and Hispanic Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood is being left behind, a quarterly report from the Cannabis Control Board revealed.
The first quarterly report issued by the city’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) says 23 cannabis retailers have been approved, with 78% being minority-owned. But out of those 18 businesses, only five are Black-owned and another five are Hispanic-owned.