New York Penal Law Section 220.03 - Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.

220.03 Criminal  possession  of  a controlled substance in the seventh
         degree.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
  the seventh degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully  possesses  a
  controlled  substance;  provided,  however,  that  it  shall  not  be  a
  violation of this section when a person possesses a residual amount of a
  controlled substance and that residual amount is in or on  a  hypodermic
  syringe  or hypodermic needle obtained and possessed pursuant to section
  thirty-three hundred eighty-one of the public health law, which includes
  the state's syringe exchange and  pharmacy  and  medical  provider-based
  expanded  syringe  access  programs; nor shall it be a violation of this
  section when a person's unlawful possession of a controlled substance is
  discovered as a result of seeking immediate health care  as  defined  in
  paragraph  (b)  of subdivision three of section 220.78 of the penal law,
  for either another person or him  or  herself  because  such  person  is
  experiencing  a  drug  or  alcohol  overdose  or  other life threatening
  medical emergency as defined in paragraph (a) of  subdivision  three  of
  section 220.78 of the penal law.
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree is
  a class A misdemeanor.

Last modified: February 3, 2019