New York's legal marijuana industry has closed in on $1 billion in combined sales since early 2023, with three-quarters of those sales generated during a "whirlwind" 2024, a state policy director said during Tuesday's Cannabis Control Board meeting.

The market has thus far amassed nearly $919 million, with New York estimated to "comfortably" eclipse $1 billion when the final four reporting weeks of 2024 are tallied, said John Kagia, the Office of Cannabis Management's director of policy.