N.Y. Penal Law Section 125.00
Homicide defined

Homicide means conduct which causes the death of a person under circumstances constituting murder, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, or criminally negligent homicide.

Source: Section 125.00 — Homicide defined, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/125.­00 (updated Jan. 25, 2019; accessed Aug. 15, 2026).

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