§ 220.45 Criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument.
  A  person  is  guilty of criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument
when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses or sells a  hypodermic
syringe  or  hypodermic  needle.  It  shall  not  be a violation of this
section when a person obtains and  possesses  a  hypodermic  syringe  or
hypodermic needle pursuant to section thirty-three hundred eighty-one of
the  public  health law, which includes the state's syringe exchange and
pharmacy and medical provider-based expanded syringe access programs.
  Criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument is a class  A  misdemea-
nor.