2015 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 29 - (Agriculture & Markets) GROWTH OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP
506 - Growth of industrial hemp permitted.

  506.  Growth  of  industrial  hemp  permitted.  Notwithstanding any
  provision of law to the contrary, industrial  hemp  is  an  agricultural
  product  which may be grown, produced and possessed in the state as part
  of an agricultural pilot program pursuant to authorization under federal
  law and the provisions of this article.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary  restricting  the
  growing  or cultivating of industrial hemp, and subject to authorization
  under federal law, the commissioner may authorize no more than up to ten
  sites for the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp as  part  of  an
  agricultural  pilot  program  conducted  by  the  department  and/or  an
  institution of higher education to study the growth and  cultivation  of
  such  hemp  provided  that  the  sites  used  for growing or cultivating
  industrial hemp are certified by, and registered with, the department.