NY Penal L § 30.00 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 30 - Defense of Infancy 30.00 - Infancy.

§ 30.00 Infancy.   1. Except as provided in subdivisions two and three of this section, a person  less  than  seventeen, or commencing October first, two thousand nineteen, a person less  than  eighteen  years  old  is  not  criminally responsible for conduct.   2.  A person thirteen, fourteen or, fifteen years of age is criminally responsible for acts constituting murder in the second degree as defined in subdivisions one and two of section 125.25 and in  subdivision  three of such section provided that the underlying crime for the murder charge is  one  for  which  such  person  is criminally responsible or for such conduct as a sexually motivated felony,  where  authorized  pursuant  to section  130.91 of this chapter; and a person fourteen or, fifteen years of age is  criminally  responsible  for  acts  constituting  the  crimes defined  in  section  135.25  (kidnapping  in  the first degree); 150.20 (arson in the first degree); subdivisions one and two of section  120.10 (assault  in  the  first  degree);  125.20  (manslaughter  in  the first degree); subdivisions one and two of section 130.35 (rape in  the  first degree); subdivisions one and two of section 130.50 (criminal sexual act in  the  first  degree);  130.70  (aggravated  sexual abuse in the first degree); 140.30 (burglary in  the  first  degree);  subdivision  one  of section  140.25  (burglary  in  the second degree); 150.15 (arson in the second degree); 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); subdivision two of section 160.10 (robbery in  the  second  degree)  of  this  chapter;  or section  265.03  of this chapter, where such machine gun or such firearm is possessed on school grounds, as that phrase is defined in subdivision fourteen of section 220.00 of this chapter; or defined in  this  chapter as an attempt to commit murder in the second degree or kidnapping in the first  degree, or for such conduct as a sexually motivated felony, where authorized pursuant to section 130.91 of this chapter.   3.  A  person  sixteen  or  commencing  October  first,  two  thousand nineteen,  seventeen  years  of  age  is criminally responsible for acts constituting:  (a) a felony, as defined in subdivision five of section 10.00 of  this chapter;  (b)  a  traffic  infraction,  as defined in subdivision two of section 10.00 of this chapter;  (c) a violation, as defined in subdivision three of section  10.00  of this chapter;  (d)  a  misdemeanor as defined in subdivision four of section 10.00 of this chapter, but only when the charge for such misdemeanor is:  (i) accompanied by  a  felony  charge  that  is  shown  to  have  been committed  as  a  part  of  the same criminal transaction, as defined in subdivision two of section 40.10 of the criminal procedure law;  (ii) results from reduction or dismissal in satisfaction of  a  charge for  a  felony  offense, in accordance with a plea of guilty pursuant to subdivision four of section 220.10 of the criminal procedure law; or  (iii) a misdemeanor defined in the vehicle and traffic law.   4. In any prosecution for an offense, lack of criminal  responsibility by reason of infancy, as defined in this section, is a defense.