New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)

N.Y. Penal Law § 115.01: Criminal facilitation in the third degree

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person over 18 who knowingly helps someone under 16 commit a felony by providing means or opportunity is guilty of criminal facilitation in the third degree, classified as a class E felony.

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