N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-b: Criminal possession of a firearm

§ 265.01-b Criminal possession of a firearm.

A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm when he or she:

(1) possesses any firearm or; (2) lawfully possesses a firearm prior to

the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand thirteen

which added this section subject to the registration requirements of

subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter and knowingly

fails to register such firearm pursuant to such subdivision.

Criminal possession of a firearm is a class E felony.