Penal Law § 160.10

Robbery in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 160.10 Robbery in the second degree.

A person is guilty of robbery in the second degree when he forcibly steals property and when:

1. He is aided by another person actually present; or

2. In the course of the commission of the crime or of immediate flight therefrom, he or another participant in the crime:

(a) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or

(b) Displays what appears to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm; or

3. The property consists of a motor vehicle, as defined in section one hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law.

Robbery in the second degree is a class C felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/160.10

In plain English

A person commits second-degree robbery by forcibly stealing property when:

(1) another person actually present assists;
(2)(a) during the crime or immediate flight, a participant injures a nonparticipant;
(2)(b) during the crime or immediate flight, a participant displays what appears to be a firearm; or
(3) the property is a motor vehicle under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 125. ★

It is a class C 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.

In print

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.