# NY — US graduated driver licensing requirements by state

For NY, learner minimum age is 16; mandatory holding period is 6 months; supervised driving hours is 50 hours, 15 of which must be at night; intermediate minimum age is 16, 6 months; nighttime restriction is 9 p.m.-5 a.m. except for NYC (unsupervised driving prohibited at all times) and Long Island (limited daytime unsupervised driving), verified against its source on 2026-08-05.

- **State:** NY
- **Learner minimum age:** 16
- **Mandatory holding period:** 6 months
- **Supervised driving hours:** 50 hours, 15 of which must be at night
- **Intermediate minimum age:** 16, 6 months
- **Nighttime restriction:** 9 p.m.-5 a.m. except for NYC (unsupervised driving prohibited at all times) and Long Island (limited daytime unsupervised driving)
- **Passenger restriction:** no more than 1 passenger younger than 21
- **Night restriction lifted:** age 17 with driver education; age 18 without (min. age: 17)
- **Passenger restriction lifted:** age 17 with driver education; age 18 without (min. age: 17)

## What the source says

> NY | 16 | 6 months | 50 hours, 15 of which must be at night | 16, 6 months | 9 p.m.-5 a.m. except for NYC (unsupervised driving prohibited at all times) and Long Island (limited daytime unsupervised driving) Footnote 51 | no more than 1 passenger younger than 21 Footnote 51 | age 17 with driver education; age 18 without (min. age: 17) Footnote 52 | age 17 with driver education; age 18 without (min. age: 17) Footnote 52

## Source

- https://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-08-05.
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