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NetQuarterLatte t1_jahsnso wrote

NY law doesn't have battery. This is the definition of the least severe assault (which is not a felony):

  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.

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/120.00

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