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Specified criminal conduct in New York Criminal Law

Current through 2026 New York legislative session

In New York criminal law, “Specified criminal conduct” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.

What does “Specified criminal conduct” mean in New York criminal law?

"Specified criminal conduct" means criminal conduct committed in this state constituting a criminal act, as the term criminal act is defined in section 460.10 of this chapter, or constituting the crime of enterprise corruption, as defined in section 460.20 of this chapter, or conduct committed in any other jurisdiction which is or would be specified criminal conduct if committed in this state. 6. (N.Y. Penal Law § 470.00)

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