N.Y. Penal Law Section 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 other person to engage in such conduct; or

2.

being over eighteen years of age, with intent that another person under sixteen years of age engage in conduct that would constitute a crime, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause such other person to engage in such conduct. Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.

Source: Section 100.05 — Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/100.­05 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 17, 2026).

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