N.Y. Penal Law Section 130.65
Sexual abuse in the first degree

A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree when he or she subjects another person to sexual contact:

1.

By forcible compulsion; or

2.

When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless; or

3.

When the other person is less than eleven years old; or

4.

When the other person is less than thirteen years old and the actor is twenty-one years old or older. Sexual abuse in the first degree is a class D felony.

Source: Section 130.65 — Sexual abuse in the first degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/130.­65 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 15, 2025).

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