N.Y. Penal Law Section 130.60
Sexual abuse in the second degree

A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree when he or she subjects another person to sexual contact and when such other person is:

1.

Incapable of consent by reason of some factor other than being less than seventeen years old; or

2.

Less than fourteen years old. Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

Source: Section 130.60 — Sexual abuse in the second degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/130.­60 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 17, 2026).

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