New York has approved another 19 adult-use cannabis licenses, bringing the statewide total to 2,342 as the state continues to expand and monitor its regulated marijuana industry.

The Cannabis Control Board approved the licenses Thursday during its September meeting. The new licenses include five retail dispensaries, six processors, three distributors, two cultivators, two microbusinesses and one Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary, or CAURD, license.

The board also approved 66 adult-use license renewals, four CAURD renewals and 10 license amendments.

State officials say 57% of all adult-use licenses issued in New York have gone to Social and Economic Equity applicants. Of the licenses approved Thursday, 65% went to SEE-owned businesses.

New York currently has 717 legal cannabis dispensaries open for business.

The Office of Cannabis Management also presented updated information on cannabis cultivation across the state. Since March, regulators have approved 67 cultivation tier increases that are projected to add approximately 127,000 pounds of annual production capacity. Twenty-seven new licenses authorized to cultivate have also been issued during that period.

Licensed cannabis canopy statewide has grown from 9.1 million square feet in March to 12 million square feet in August, an increase of about 32%.

Updated data also indicate fewer cultivators are currently operating than previously estimated. Using information from the state’s Metrc seed-to-sale tracking system, OCM says 313 cultivators were operational as of August. An earlier estimate based on self-reported survey information put the number at 449.

Cultivators have planted approximately 1.64 million cannabis plants so far in 2026, with 57% still in the ground as the outdoor harvest season approaches.

The state also announced the launch of a Cannabis Market Landscape Dashboard using data from Metrc. The dashboard provides statewide and regional information on cannabis sales, product categories, retail transaction values and licensing.

Cannabis Control Board Chair Jessica García said the state is increasingly looking at how different parts of the industry work together as regulators make decisions on licensing and production capacity.

“A strong cannabis market requires us to look beyond any one measure of growth and consider how each part of the system works together,” García said.

The Cannabis Control Board also continued its review of the CAURD license held by Gotham Buds. The board heard from attorneys representing the business regarding its ownership and management structure and invited additional submissions before taking further action.