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N.Y. Penal Law § 1.00 Short title
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§ 1.00 Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Penal Law. "
N.Y. Penal Law § 1.05 General purposes
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§ 1.05 General purposes. The general purposes of the provisions of this chapter are: 1. To proscribe conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests; 2. To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct proscribed…
N.Y. Penal Law § 10.00 Definitions of terms of general use in this chapter
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§ 10.00 Definitions of terms of general use in this chapter.\n Except where different meanings are expressly specified in subsequent\nprovisions of this chapter, the following terms have the following\nmeanings:\n 1. "Offense" means conduct for which a sentence to a term of\nimpr…
N.Y. Penal Law § 100.00 Criminal solicitation in the fifth degree
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§ 100.00 Criminal solicitation in the fifth degree. A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the fifth degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a crime, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause such other …
N.Y. Penal Law § 100.05 Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree
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§ 100.05 Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the fourth degree when: 1. with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause such …
N.Y. Penal Law § 100.08 Criminal solicitation in the third degree
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§ 100.08 Criminal solicitation in the third degree. A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the third degree when, being over eighteen years of age, with intent that another person under sixteen years of age engage in conduct that would constitute a felony, he solicits, re…
N.Y. Penal Law § 100.10 Criminal solicitation in the second degree
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§ 100.10 Criminal solicitation in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the second degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a class A felony, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause …
N.Y. Penal Law § 100.13 Criminal solicitation in the first degree
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§ 100.13 Criminal solicitation in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the first degree when, being over eighteen years of age, with intent that another person under sixteen years of age engage in conduct that would constitute a class A felony, he soli…
N.Y. Penal Law § 100.15 Criminal solicitation; no defense
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§ 100.15 Criminal solicitation; no defense. It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation that the person solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited owing to criminal irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or to unawareness of the crimina…
N.Y. Penal Law § 100.20 Criminal solicitation; exemption
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§ 100.20 Criminal solicitation; exemption. A person is not guilty of criminal solicitation when his solicitation constitutes conduct of a kind that is necessarily incidental to the commission of the crime solicited. When under such circumstances the solicitation constitutes an of…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.00 Conspiracy in the sixth degree
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§ 105.00 Conspiracy in the sixth degree. A person is guilty of conspiracy in the sixth degree when, with intent that conduct constituting a crime be performed, he agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of such conduct. Conspiracy in the sixth degree…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.05 Conspiracy in the fifth degree
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§ 105.05 Conspiracy in the fifth degree. A person is guilty of conspiracy in the fifth degree when, with intent that conduct constituting: 1. a felony be performed, he agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of such conduct; or 2. a crime be performe…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.10 Conspiracy in the fourth degree
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§ 105.10 Conspiracy in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of conspiracy in the fourth degree when, with intent that conduct constituting: 1. a class B or class C felony be performed, he or she agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of such conduc…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.13 Conspiracy in the third degree
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§ 105.13 Conspiracy in the third degree. A person is guilty of conspiracy in the third degree when, with intent that conduct constituting a class B or a class C felony be performed, he, being over eighteen years of age, agrees with one or more persons under sixteen years of age t…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.15 Conspiracy in the second degree
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§ 105.15 Conspiracy in the second degree. A person is guilty of conspiracy in the second degree when, with intent that conduct constituting a class A felony be performed, he agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of such conduct. Conspiracy in the s…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.17 Conspiracy in the first degree
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§ 105.17 Conspiracy in the first degree. A person is guilty of conspiracy in the first degree when, with intent that conduct constituting a class A felony be performed, he, being over eighteen years of age, agrees with one or more persons under sixteen years of age to engage in o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.20 Conspiracy; pleading and proof; necessity of overt act
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§ 105.20 Conspiracy; pleading and proof; necessity of overt act. A person shall not be convicted of conspiracy unless an overt act is alleged and proved to have been committed by one of the conspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy.
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.25 Conspiracy; jurisdiction and venue
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§ 105.25 Conspiracy; jurisdiction and venue. 1. A person may be prosecuted for conspiracy in the county in which he entered into such conspiracy or in any county in which an overt act in furtherance thereof was committed. 2. An agreement made within this state to engage in or cau…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.30 Conspiracy; no defense
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§ 105.30 Conspiracy; no defense. It is no defense to a prosecution for conspiracy that, owing to criminal irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or to unawareness of the criminal nature of the agreement or the object conduct or of the defendant's criminal purpos…
N.Y. Penal Law § 105.35 Conspiracy; enterprise corruption: applicability
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§ 105.35 Conspiracy; enterprise corruption: applicability. For purposes of this article, conspiracy to commit the crime of enterprise corruption in violation of section 460.20 of this chapter shall not constitute an offense.
N.Y. Penal Law § 110.00 Attempt to commit a crime
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§ 110.00 Attempt to commit a crime. A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime when, with intent to commit a crime, he engages in conduct which tends to effect the commission of such crime.
N.Y. Penal Law § 110.05 Attempt to commit a crime; punishment
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§ 110.05 Attempt to commit a crime; punishment. An attempt to commit a crime is a: 1. Class A-I felony when the crime attempted is the A-I felony of murder in the first degree, aggravated murder as defined in subdivision one of section 125.26 of this chapter, criminal possession …
N.Y. Penal Law § 110.10 Attempt to commit a crime; no defense
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§ 110.10 Attempt to commit a crime; no defense. If the conduct in which a person engages otherwise constitutes an attempt to commit a crime pursuant to section 110.00, it is no defense to a prosecution for such attempt that the crime charged to have been attempted was, under the …
N.Y. Penal Law § 115.00 Criminal facilitation in the fourth degree
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§ 115.00 Criminal facilitation in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of criminal facilitation in the fourth degree when, believing it probable that he is rendering aid: 1. to a person who intends to commit a crime, he engages in conduct which provides such person with means or…
N.Y. Penal Law § 115.01 Criminal facilitation in the third degree
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§ 115.01 Criminal facilitation in the third degree. A person guilty of criminal facilitation in the third degree, when believing it probable that he is rendering aid to a person under sixteen years of age who intends to engage in conduct that would constitute a felony, he, being …
N.Y. Penal Law § 115.05 Criminal facilitation in the second degree
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§ 115.05 Criminal facilitation in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal facilitation in the second degree when, believing it probable that he is rendering aid to a person who intends to commit a class A felony, he engages in conduct which provides such person with mea…
N.Y. Penal Law § 115.08 Criminal facilitation in the first degree
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§ 115.08 Criminal facilitation in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal facilitation in the first degree when, believing it probable that he is rendering aid to a person under sixteen years of age who intends to engage in conduct that would constitute a class A felony,…
N.Y. Penal Law § 115.10 Criminal facilitation; no defense
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§ 115.10 Criminal facilitation; no defense. It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal facilitation that: 1. The person facilitated was not guilty of the underlying felony owing to criminal irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or to unawareness of the crim…
N.Y. Penal Law § 115.15 Criminal facilitation; corroboration
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§ 115.15 Criminal facilitation; corroboration. A person shall not be convicted of criminal facilitation upon the testimony of a person who has committed the felony charged to have been facilitated unless such testimony be corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect th…
N.Y. Penal Law § 115.20 Criminal facilitation; definitions and construction
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§ 115.20 Criminal facilitation; definitions and construction. For purposes of this article, such conduct shall include, but not be limited to, making available, selling, exchanging, giving or disposing of a community gun, which in fact, aids a person to commit a crime. "Community…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.00 Assault in the third degree
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§ 120.00 Assault in the third degree. A person is guilty of assault in the third degree when: 1. With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person; or 2. He recklessly causes physical injury to another person; or 3. …
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.01 Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider
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§ 120.01 Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider. A person is guilty of reckless assault of a child when, being a child day care provider or an employee thereof, he or she recklessly causes serious physical injury to a child under the care of such provider or emp…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.02 Reckless assault of a child
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§ 120.02 Reckless assault of a child. 1. A person is guilty of reckless assault of a child when, being eighteen years of age or more, such person recklessly causes serious physical injury to the brain of a child less than five years old by shaking the child, or by slamming or thr…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.03 Vehicular assault in the second degree
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§ 120.03 Vehicular assault in the second degree. A person is guilty of vehicular assault in the second degree when he or she causes serious physical injury to another person, and either: (1) operates a motor vehicle in violation of subdivision two, three, four or four-a of sectio…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.04 Vehicular assault in the first degree
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§ 120.04 Vehicular assault in the first degree. A person is guilty of vehicular assault in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of vehicular assault in the second degree as defined in section 120.03 of this article, and either: (1) commits such crime while operating …
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.04-A Aggravated vehicular assault
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§ 120.04-a Aggravated vehicular assault.\n A person is guilty of aggravated vehicular assault when he or she\nengages in reckless driving as defined by section twelve hundred twelve\nof the vehicle and traffic law, and commits the crime of vehicular\nassault in the second degree …
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.05 Assault in the second degree
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§ 120.05 Assault in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of assault in the second degree when:\n 1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he\ncauses such injury to such person or to a third person; or\n 2. With intent to cause physical injury to anoth…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.06 Gang assault in the second degree
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§ 120.06 Gang assault in the second degree. A person is guilty of gang assault in the second degree when, with intent to cause physical injury to another person and when aided by two or more other persons actually present, he causes serious physical injury to such person or to a …
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.07 Gang assault in the first degree
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§ 120.07 Gang assault in the first degree. A person is guilty of gang assault in the first degree when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to another person and when aided by two or more other persons actually present, he causes serious physical injury to such person or…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional
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§ 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional. A person is guilty of assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, poli…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.09 Assault on a judge
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§ 120.09 Assault on a judge. A person is guilty of assault on a judge when, with intent to prevent a judge from performing official judicial duties, such person causes serious physical injury to such judge. For the purposes of this section, the term judge shall mean a judge of a …
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.09-A Aggravated assault on a judge
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§ 120.09-a Aggravated assault on a judge. A person is guilty of aggravated assault on a judge when, with intent to cause serious physical injury and prevent a judge from performing official judicial duties, such person causes serious physical injury to such judge. For the purpose…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.10 Assault in the first degree
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§ 120.10 Assault in the first degree. A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when: 1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument; or 2. …
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer
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§ 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer. A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to a person whom he knows or reasonably should know to be a police officer or…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.12 Aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old
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§ 120.12 Aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old. A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old when being eighteen years old or more the defendant commits the crime of assault in the third degree as defined in section 120.0…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.13 Menacing in the first degree
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§ 120.13 Menacing in the first degree. A person is guilty of menacing in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of menacing in the second degree and has been previously convicted of the crime of menacing in the second degree or the crime of menacing a police officer or…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.14 Menacing in the second degree
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§ 120.14 Menacing in the second degree. A person is guilty of menacing in the second degree when: 1. He or she intentionally places or attempts to place another person in reasonable fear of physical injury, serious physical injury or death by displaying a deadly weapon, dangerous…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.15 Menacing in the third degree
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§ 120.15 Menacing in the third degree. A person is guilty of menacing in the third degree when, by physical menace, he or she intentionally places or attempts to place another person in fear of death, imminent serious physical injury or physical injury. Menacing in the third degr…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.16 Hazing in the first degree
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§ 120.16 Hazing in the first degree. A person is guilty of hazing in the first degree when, in the course of another person's initiation into or affiliation with any organization, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, including, but not limited to, making physical co…
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.17 Hazing in the second degree
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§ 120.17 Hazing in the second degree. A person is guilty of hazing in the second degree when, in the course of another person's initiation or affiliation with any organization, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, including, but not limited to, making physical conta…