Coercion in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 135.61 Coercion in the second degree.
A person is guilty of coercion in the second degree when he or she commits the crime of coercion in the third degree as defined in section 135.60 of this article and thereby compels or induces a person to engage in vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact or anal sexual contact as such terms are defined in section 130.00 of this title.
Coercion in the second degree is a class E felony.
A person commits second-degree coercion by committing third-degree coercion under § 135.60 and thereby compelling or inducing someone to engage in vaginal, oral, or anal sexual contact as defined in § 130.00. ★ It is a class E felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.