The “victim” of this charge does not seem to fit the criteria of the statute.
” Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child”
Subsection 1 doesn’t require the defendant be a parent, etc. Daniels was presumably charged with that subsection.
This law is constantly overused by cops in NYS. People have been charged with cursing in front of kids or arguing with their spouses. I know of one case where a landlord was threatened with it if he evicted a deadbeat family with children because that would “endanger” them.
It’s NY’s number one tool for criminalizing everyone.