What age are you considered an adult in the state of new york?

* The legal age of majority for the state is 18 for both genders; RSMO 660.400(1) "Adult" any individual over the age of 18 years. RSMO 211.021 Juvenile Code, cites a person of the age of 17 as being an "adult" for the purpose of criminal prosecution. Like most states Missouri has so many laws designating what constitutes a person being an adult and/or of legal age and under what circumstances that even authorities become confused and conflicted. To further add to the confusion created by the legal age of majority as opposed to juvenile code "adult" definition, is the legal age for consensual sex which is 17 (both genders); to buy and consume alcohol which is 21; the age at which child support can be terminated which is anywhere between 18 and 22 years; the AMBER Alert age designations for absentee minors, missing children, abducted children etc; the age at which a person can legally gamble which is 18 unless it is Bingo and then it is 16 if accompanied by an adult. Believe it or not these are only a few of laws designating when a person is legally an adult and/or can legally enter into specified actions.