2010 New York Code
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title O - OFFENSES AGAINST MARRIAGE, THE FAMILY, AND THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND INCOMPETENTS
Article 260 - (260.00 - 260.34) OFFENSES RELATING TO CHILDREN, DISABLED PERSONS AND VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSONS
260.00 - Abandonment of a child.

§ 260.00 Abandonment of a child.
    1.  A person is guilty of abandonment of a child when, being a parent,
  guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody  of  a
  child  less than fourteen years old, he or she deserts such child in any
  place with intent to wholly abandon such child.
    2. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when he or
  she engages in the conduct described in subdivision one of this section:
  (a) with the intent that the child be  safe  from  physical  injury  and
  cared  for  in  an  appropriate  manner;  (b)  the child is left with an
  appropriate person, or in a suitable location and the person who  leaves
  the  child  promptly  notifies  an  appropriate  person  of  the child's
  location; and (c) the child is not more than thirty days old.
    Abandonment of a child is a class E felony.