A person is guilty of assault in the third degree when:

  1. With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person;  or

  2. He recklessly causes physical injury to another person;  or

  3. With criminal negligence, he causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument.

 Assault in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 

Section 120.01 Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider

 A person is guilty of reckless assault of a child when, being a child day care provider or an employee thereof, he or she recklessly causes serious physical injury to a child under the care of such provider or employee who is less than eleven years of age.

 Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider is a class E felony.
 

Section 120.03 Vehicular assault in the second degree

 A person is guilty of vehicular assault in the second degree when:

 (1) with criminal negligence he causes serious physical injury to another person, and either

 (2) causes such serious physical injury by operation of a vehicle in violation of subdivision two, three or four of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law or by operation of a vessel or public vessel in violation of paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the navigation law, or

 (3) causes such serious physical injury by operation of a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than eighteen thousand pounds which contains flammable gas, radioactive materials or explosives in violation of subdivision one of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law, and such flammable gas, radioactive materials or explosives is the cause of such serious physical injury, by operation of a snowmobile in violation of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) or subparagraph two, three, four or five of paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section 25.24 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law or by operation of an all terrain vehicle as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section twenty-two hundred eighty-one of the vehicle and traffic law and in violation of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subdivision one of section 25.24 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law.

 Vehicular assault in the second degree is a class E felony.
 

Section 120.04 Vehicular assault in the first degree

 A person is guilty of vehicular assault in the first degree when he:

 (1) commits the crime of vehicular assault in the second degree as defined in section 120.03, and

 (2) commits such crime while knowing or having reason to know that:  (a) his license or his privilege of operating a motor vehicle in another state or his privilege of obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle in another state is suspended or revoked and such suspension or revocation is based upon a conviction in such other state for an offense which would, if committed in this state, constitute a violation of any of the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law;  or (b) his license or his privilege of operating a motor vehicle in the state or his privilege of obtaining a license issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles is suspended or revoked and such suspension or revocation is based upon either a refusal to submit to a chemical test pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-four of the vehicle and traffic law or following a conviction for a violation of any of the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law.

 Vehicular assault in the first degree is a class D felony.
 

Section 120.05 Assault in the second degree

 A person is guilty of assault in the second degree when:

  1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person;  or

  2. With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument;  or

  3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, police officer, a fireman, including a fireman acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician administering first aid in the course of performance of duty as such fireman, or an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service technician or medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department, from
performing a lawful duty, by means including releasing or failing to control an animal under circumstances evincing the actors intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity of such peace office, police officer, fireman, paramedic or technician, he causes physical injury to such peace officer, police officer, fireman, paramedic technician or medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department; or

  4. He recklessly causes serious physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument;  r

  5. For a purpose other than lawful medical or therapeutic treatment, he intentionally causes stupor, unconsciousness or other physical impairment or injury to another person by administering to him, without his consent, a drug, substance or preparation capable of producing the same;  or

  6. In the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of a felony, other than a felony defined in article one hundred thirty which requires corroboration for conviction, or of immediate flight therefrom, he, or another participant if there be any, causes physical injury to a person other than one of the participants;  or

  7. Having been charged with or convicted of a crime and while confined in a correctional facility, as defined in subdivision three of section forty of the correction law, pursuant to such charge or conviction, with intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person;  or

  8. Being eighteen years old or more and with intent to cause physical injury to a person less than eleven years old, the defendant recklessly causes serious physical injury to such person;  or

  9. Being eighteen years old or more and with intent to cause physical injury to a person less than seven years old, the defendant causes such injury to such person.

 Assault in the second degree is a class D felony.
 

Section 120.06 Gang assault in the second degree

 A person is guilty of gang assault in the second degree when, with intent to cause physical injury to another person and when aided by two or more other persons actually present, he causes serious physical injury to such person or to a third person.

 Gang assault in the second degree is a class C felony.
 

Section 120.07 Gang assault in the first degree

 A person is guilty of gang assault in the first degree when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to another person and when aided by two or more other persons actually present, he causes serious physical injury to such person or to a third person.

 Gang assault in the first degree is a class B felony.
 

Section 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman or emergency medical services professional

 A person is guilty of assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman or emergency medical services professional when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police officer, a fireman, including a fireman acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician administering first aid in the course of performance of duty as such fireman, or an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service technician, from performing a lawful duty, he causes serious physical injury to such peace officer, police officer, fireman, paramedic or technician.

 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman or emergency medical services professional is a class C felony.
 

Section 120.10 Assault in the first degree

 A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when:

  1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument;  or

  2. With intent to disfigure another person seriously and permanently, or to destroy, amputate or disable permanently a member or organ of his body, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person;  or

  3. Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes serious physical injury to another person;  or

  4. In the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of a felony or of immediate flight therefrom, he, or another participant if there be any, causes serious physical injury to a person other than one of the participants.

 Assault in the first degree is a class B felony.
 

Section 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer

 A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to a person whom he knows or reasonably should know to be a police officer or a peace officer engaged in the course of performing his official duties, he causes such injury by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.

 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class B felony.
 

Section 120.12 Aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old

 A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old when being eighteen years old or more the defendant commits the crime of assault in the third degree as defined in section 120.00 of this article upon a person less than eleven years old and has been previously convicted of such crime upon a person less than eleven years old within the preceding three years.

 Aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old is a class E felony.
 

Section 120.13 Menacing in the first degree

 A person is guilty of menacing in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of menacing in the second degree and has been previously convicted of the crime of menacing in the second degree within the preceding ten years.

 Menacing in the first degree is a class E felony.
 

Section 120.14 Menacing in the second degree

 A person is guilty of menacing in the second degree when:

 1. He or she intentionally places or attempts to place another person in reasonable fear of physical injury, serious physical injury or death by displaying a deadly weapon, dangerous instrument or what appears to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm;  or

 2. He or she repeatedly follows a person or engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts over a period of time intentionally placing or attempting to place another person in reasonable fear of physical injury, serious physical injury or death;  or

 3. He or she commits the crime of menacing in the third degree in violation of that part of a duly served order of protection, or such order which the defendant has actual knowledge of because he or she was present in court when such order was issued, pursuant to article eight of the family court act or section 530.12 of the criminal procedure law, or an order of protection issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state, territorial or tribal jurisdiction, which directed the respondent or defendant to stay away from the person or persons on whose behalf the order was issued.

 Menacing in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor. 
 

Section 120.15 Menacing in the third degree

 A person is guilty of menacing in the third degree when, by physical menace, he or she intentionally places or attempts to place another person in fear of death, imminent serious physical injury or physical injury.

 Menacing in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor.
 

Section 120.16 Hazing in the first degree

 A person is guilty of hazing in the first degree when, in the course of another person's initiation into or affiliation with any organization, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of physical injury to such other person or a third person and thereby causes such injury.

 Hazing in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 

Section 120.17 Hazing in the second degree

 A person is guilty of hazing in the second degree when, in the course of another person's initiation or affiliation with any organization, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of physical injury to such other person or a third person.

 Hazing in the second degree is a violation.
 

Section 120.20 Reckless endangerment in the second degree

 A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the second degree when he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person.

 Reckless endangerment in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 
 

Section 120.25 Reckless endangerment in the first degree

 A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree when, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person.

 Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class D felony.
 

Section 120.30 Promoting a suicide attempt

 A person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he intentionally causes or aids another person to attempt suicide.

 Promoting a suicide attempt is a class E felony.
 

Section 120.35 Promoting a suicide attempt;  when punishable as attempt to commit murder

 A person who engages in conduct constituting both the offense of promoting a suicide attempt and the offense of attempt to commit murder may not be convicted of attempt to commit murder unless he causes or aids the suicide attempt by the use of duress or deception.