康奈尔大学女性指控在2024年被多名男性灌醉并下药性侵，此案引发对纽约州现行性侵法律的广泛质疑。1现行纽约法律规定，即使受害人在性侵过程中因自愿饮酒而无法表示同意，也不会自动被认定为无行为能力。1这导致受害者必须证明自己"无意识或出于任何原因身体上无法表达不愿意"，这一标准被法律专家认为设置过高。1
纽约州长卡西·霍楚尔对此现状批评道："自愿醉酒不是性侵或集体强奸的许可证。"1检察官米切尔·埃普纳用更直白的表述强调这一问题，称："如果某人醉到不能开车，他们就醉到不能填空某个动词。"1至少19个州，包括纽约州在内，对认定受害人无行为能力的酒精中毒程度都设定了这样的高标准。1
为改变现状，纽约州参议院已多次通过修订法案，建议将无行为能力的认定标准改为"暂时无法评估或控制自己行为"。1然而，该法案仍待州众议院投票表决。1对于这一修改建议，纽约州刑事辩护律师协会提出反对意见，主张现行法律已足够充分，并指出建议的新措辞过于模糊。1
Female students at Cornell University have alleged they were intoxicated and drugged before being sexually assaulted by multiple male students in 2024, prompting scrutiny of New York State's legal framework governing consent and incapacity.1
The current New York law sets a high threshold for establishing incapacity, requiring victims to prove they were "unconscious or for any reason physically unable to express unwillingness."1 This standard means that voluntary intoxication alone does not automatically render someone incapable of consent in the eyes of the law, even in sexual assault cases.1 At least 19 states, including New York, have adopted similarly elevated standards for determining alcohol-related incapacity.1
The case has drawn criticism from legal experts and state leadership. Governor Kathy Hochul stated that "voluntary intoxication is not a license for sexual assault or gang rape."1 Prosecutor Mitchell Eppner analogized the threshold to driving ability, arguing that "if someone is too drunk to drive, they're too drunk to fill in the blank verb."1 In contrast, the New York Criminal Defense Lawyers Association maintains that existing law is sufficient and warns that proposed alternative language—which would shift the standard to "temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling their conduct"—is too vague.1
The New York State Senate has passed reform legislation multiple times to lower the incapacity threshold, but the measure has not yet been voted on by the State Assembly.1
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