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This fall, Gotham Buds, Harlem’s first legal adult-use cannabis dispensary, opened on a historic block of 125th Street. The Black-owned company, comprising a premium dispensary, apparel-making, and soon-to-be media production, was one of the first to apply for a CAURD license in New York State, and after multiple legal hurdles were finally able to open their doors to a smiling crowd on Wednesday, October 18.’s core executive team, including co-founder and CEO Gregory Gray, Sr.
Crypto Now Braced For A Massive 300 Billion Price Earthquake Following Bitcoin Ethereum And XRP Surge BELLAMY: It’s multifaceted. For us, it’s definitely about expansion. We’re already the first to do this here, and to be the first is a heavy crown to wear. But we do it with pride because we know that having accessible cannabis available to our community, to people who look and walk and talk like us and are from where we’re from, is a really big deal. We wear that as a badge of honor.
GRAY: Gotham would also like to make sure that we cater to the elderly. My mother has Alzheimer’s and colon cancer, and we are definitely very sensitive to older people in the community. We also want to get the work out in reference to what my son is dealing with, in reference to cancer. It’s called renal medullary carcinoma , and it happens frequently to African-Americans with the sickle cell trait. I have the sickle cell trait, and my son has the trait.
Our idea was to bring something premium, that would help illuminate, and help folks cope and heal, in a safe and accessible way. That spark doesn’t just signify the flicker of a lighter, it signifies sparking creativity, and ideas, and education and destigmatizing, and a new beginning for cannabis in New York and beyond. So that spark signifies a lot, including that light for a path forward, and the torch to carry cannabis to the rest of the world.
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