NY Penal L § 222.05 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 3 - Specific Offenses Title M - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals Article 222 - Cannabis 222.05 - Personal Use of Cannabis.

§ 222.05 Personal use of cannabis.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary:   1.  The  following acts are lawful for persons twenty-one years of age or  older:  (a)  possessing,  displaying,  purchasing,   obtaining,   or transporting  up to three ounces of cannabis and up to twenty-four grams of concentrated cannabis;  (b) transferring, without compensation, to a person  twenty-one  years of  age  or  older, up to three ounces of cannabis and up to twenty-four grams of concentrated cannabis;  (c) using, smoking, ingesting, or consuming cannabis  or  concentrated cannabis unless otherwise prohibited by state law;  (d)    possessing,    using,    displaying,   purchasing,   obtaining, manufacturing, transporting or giving to any person twenty-one years  of age   or   older   cannabis   paraphernalia   or  concentrated  cannabis paraphernalia;  (e)  planting,  cultivating,   harvesting,   drying,   processing   or possessing cultivated cannabis in accordance with section 222.15 of this article; and  (f)  assisting another person who is twenty-one years of age or older, or allowing property to be  used,  in  any  of  the  acts  described  in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdivision.   2.   Cannabis,   concentrated   cannabis,  cannabis  paraphernalia  or concentrated cannabis paraphernalia involved in  any  way  with  conduct deemed  lawful by this section are not contraband nor subject to seizure or forfeiture of assets  under  article  four  hundred  eighty  of  this chapter,  section  thirteen hundred eleven of the civil practice law and rules, or other applicable law, and no conduct  deemed  lawful  by  this section shall constitute the basis for approach, search, seizure, arrest or detention.   3.  Except  as  provided  in  subdivision four of this section, in any criminal proceeding including proceedings pursuant to section 710.20  of the  criminal  procedure  law, no finding or determination of reasonable cause to believe a crime has been committed shall  be  based  solely  on evidence  of  the following facts and circumstances, either individually or in combination with each other:  (a) the odor of cannabis;  (b) the odor of burnt cannabis;  (c) the possession of or the suspicion of possession  of  cannabis  or concentrated cannabis in the amounts authorized in this article;  (d) the possession of multiple containers of cannabis without evidence of concentrated cannabis in the amounts authorized in this article;  (e)  the  presence  of  cash  or  currency in proximity to cannabis or concentrated cannabis; or  (f) the  planting,  cultivating,  harvesting,  drying,  processing  or possessing cultivated cannabis in accordance with section 222.15 of this article.   4.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section shall not apply when a law enforcement officer is  investigating  whether  a  person  is operating  a motor vehicle, vessel or snowmobile while impaired by drugs or the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug  or  drugs in violation of subdivision four or subdivision four-a of section eleven hundred  ninety-two  of the vehicle and traffic law, or paragraph (e) of subdivision two of  section  forty-nine-a  of  the  navigation  law,  or paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  one  of  section  25.24  of  the parks, recreation and historic preservation law.  During  such  investigations, the  odor  of  burnt cannabis shall not provide probable cause to search any area of a vehicle that is not readily accessible to the  driver  and  reasonably   likely   to  contain  evidence  relevant  to  the  driver's condition.