Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 260.25 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically
disabled person in the first degree.
A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree when he knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a person who is unable to care for himself or herself because of physical disability, mental disease or defect.
Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree is a class E felony.
Knowingly acting in a way likely to harm the physical, mental, or moral welfare of a person unable to care for themself because of physical disability, mental disease, or defect is first-degree endangerment of that person, 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.