Morning Brief: January 7 2016

New Yorkers with cancer, Parkinson's, and other qualifying conditions will now be able to legally obtain medical marijuana. The state's medical marijuana program is slated to begin today, 18 months after Albany lawmakers passed the law. This makes New York the 23rd state to allow medical marijuana use. However, New York's program is one of the strictest in the country and only non-smokable forms of the drug will be legal. Read More.

Need To Know

New York to officially launch medical marijuana program [NY Daily News]

Cuomo lays out renovation plan for Penn Station [NY Times]

UN poised to act on North Korea after supposed hydrogen bomb testing [CNN]

Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza trot into Hall of Fame [NY Times]

Macys to cut 4,500 jobs due to slow holiday sales [NY Times]

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