Drinking Age
In response to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984, which reduced by up to 10% the federal highway funding of any state which did not have a minimum purchasing age of 21, the New York Legislature raised the drinking age from 19 to 21, effective December 1, 1985. (The drinking age had been 18 for many years before the first raise in 1982, to 19.) Persons under 21 are prohibited from purchasing alcohol or possessing alcohol with the intent to consume, unless the alcohol was given to that person by their parent or legal guardian. There is no law prohibiting where people under 21 may possess or consume alcohol that was given to them by their parents, they may consume it in public and even on alcohol-selling premises such as bars and restaurants. Persons under 21 are prohibited from having a blood alcohol level of more than 0.02% while driving.
Read more about this topic: Alcohol Laws Of New York
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