N.Y. Penal Law Section 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.

Source: Section 220.60 — Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/220.­60 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 15, 2025).

220.00
Controlled substances 220.03
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree 220.06
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree 220.09
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree 220.16
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree 220.18
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree 220.21
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree 220.25
Criminal possession of a controlled substance 220.28
Use of a child to commit a controlled substance offense 220.31
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree 220.34
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree 220.39
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree 220.41
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree 220.43
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree 220.44
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds 220.46
Criminal injection of a narcotic drug 220.48
Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child 220.50
Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree 220.55
Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the first degree 220.60
Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances 220.65
Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or of a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist 220.70
Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree 220.71
Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the first degree 220.72
Criminal possession of precursors of methamphetamine 220.73
Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the third degree 220.74
Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the second degree 220.75
Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the first degree 220.76
Unlawful disposal of methamphetamine laboratory material 220.77
Operating as a major trafficker 220.78
Witness or victim of drug or alcohol overdose
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Verified:
Nov. 15, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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