N.Y. Penal Law § 222.50: Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree

§ 222.50 Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree.

A person is guilty of criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree

when:

1. he or she knowingly and unlawfully sells more than three ounces of

cannabis or more than twenty-four grams of concentrated cannabis; or

2. being twenty-one years of age or older, he or she knowingly and

unlawfully sells or gives, or causes to be given or sold, cannabis or

concentrated cannabis to a person less than twenty-one years of age;

except that in any prosecution under this subdivision, it is a defense

that the defendant was less than three years older than the person under

the age of twenty-one at the time of the offense. This subdivision shall

not apply to designated caregivers, practitioners, employees of a

registered organization or employees of a designated caregiver facility

acting in compliance with article three of the cannabis law.

Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree is a class A

misdemeanor.