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In response to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984, which reduced by up to 10% the federal highway funding of any state that 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 since 1933, before the first increase of the ...
The alcohol laws of the United States regarding minimum age ... New York: 18 (16 before 1896) ... 31 states have family member or location exceptions to their ...
As of July 1988, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had a minimum purchase age of 21, with some grandfather clauses, and with the exception of Louisiana's complicated legal situation that was not resolved until July 2, 1996. [1] [2] Prior to 1988, the minimum purchase age varied by jurisdiction. After enactment of the Act, states not in ...
Gov. Cuomo signed a bill into law Thursday that officially raises the age of consent for marriage to 18, an effort to protect teenage girls against arranged marriages and sex trafficking.
New York's Legislature passed legislation Thursday banning anyone under age 21 from buying or possessing a semiautomatic rifle.
New York's legislature voted Thursday to ban anyone under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle, a major change to state firearm laws pushed through less than three weeks after ...
21 states have a minimum age of 16. 10 states have a minimum age of 17. 13 states have a minimum age of 18, which is the same as their general age: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
In July 2021, New York became the sixth state to ban child marriage. [11] In 2017, New York state raised the marriage age to 18, but allowed marriage at 17 in special circumstances with parental and court consent. [114] Prior to this law, the state allowed marriage in certain cases from the age of 14. [114]