New York officials approved the state’s first 36 cannabis dispensary licenses on Monday amid a push to begin legal marijuana sales in coming months.The dispensaries can make cannabis sales to people over 21 years old in the state, officials said, calling it an historic step since the state’s 2021 law legalizing marijuana.Eligible nonprofits had to have a history of working with current or former justice-involved individuals, among other requirements.Victor cannabis dispensary owners play waiting gameThe dispensaries will be selling New York-grown marijuana harvested by one of the state’s more than 220 cannabis farms that received conditional cultivator licenses in 2022.- Urban Weeds (Urban Upbound) a Queens-based organization that assists individuals, including formerly incarcerated New Yorkers, looking for employment."