Penal Law § 220.60 · Article 220. Controlled Substances Offenses
Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances
Text — Law content up to date as of October 23, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 220.60 Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of precursors of con-trolled substances when, with intent to manufacture a controlled sub-stance unlawfully, he possesses at the same time:
(a) carbamide (urea) and propanedioc and malonic acid or its derivatives; or
(b) ergot or an ergot derivative and diethylamine or dimethyl-formamide or diethylamide; or
(c) phenylacetone (1-phenyl-2 propanone) and hydroxylamine or ammonia or formamide or benzaldehyde or nitroethane or methylamine.
(d) pentazocine and methyliodide; or
(e) phenylacetonitrile and dichlorodiethyl methylamine or dichlor-odiethyl benzylamine; or
(f) diephenylacetonitrile and dimethylaminoisopropyl chloride; or
(g) piperidine and cyclohexanone and bromobenzene and lithium or magnesium; or
(h) 2, 5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde and nitroethane and a reducing agent.
Criminal prossession of precursors of controlled substances is a class E felony.
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- The Senate prints "con-" at the end of a line and "trolled" at the start of the next; the line break is closed up and the hyphen kept.
- The Senate prints "sub-" at the end of a line and "stance" at the start of the next; the line break is closed up and the hyphen kept.
- The Senate prints "dimethyl-" at the end of a line and "formamide" at the start of the next; the line break is closed up and the hyphen kept.
- The Senate prints "dichlor-" at the end of a line and "odiethyl" at the start of the next; the line break is closed up and the hyphen kept.
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