New York legal term
Crime in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Crime” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Crime” mean in New York criminal law?
"Crime" means a misdemeanor or a felony. 7. (N.Y. Penal Law § 10.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming establishment
- Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the first degree
- Aggravated criminal contempt
- Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon
- Aggravated enterprise corruption
- Aggravated family offense
- Aggravated harassment in the first degree
- Aggravated harassment in the second degree
- Aggravated harassment of a judge
- Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant
- Aggravated interference with health care services in the first degree
- Aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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