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N.Y. Penal Law § 230.33 Compelling prostitution
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§ 230.33 Compelling prostitution. A person is guilty of compelling prostitution when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she knowingly advances prostitution by compelling a person less than eighteen years old, by force or intimidation, to engage in prostitution. Compelling p…
N.Y. Penal Law § 230.34 Sex trafficking
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§ 230.34 Sex trafficking. A person is guilty of sex trafficking if he or she intentionally advances or profits from prostitution by: 1. unlawfully providing to a person who is patronized, with intent to impair said person's judgment: (a) a narcotic drug or a narcotic preparation;…
N.Y. Penal Law § 230.34-A Sex trafficking of a child
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§ 230.34-a Sex trafficking of a child. 1. A person is guilty of sex trafficking of a child when he or she, being twenty-one years old or more, intentionally advances or profits from prostitution of another person and such person is a child less than eighteen years old. Knowledge …
N.Y. Penal Law § 230.35 Promoting or compelling prostitution; accomplice
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§ 230.35 Promoting or compelling prostitution; accomplice. In a prosecution for promoting prostitution or compelling prostitution, a person less than eighteen years old from whose prostitution activity another person is alleged to have advanced or attempted to advance or profited…
N.Y. Penal Law § 230.36 Sex trafficking; accomplice
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§ 230.36 Sex trafficking; accomplice. In a prosecution for sex trafficking, a person from whose prostitution activity another person is alleged to have advanced or attempted to advance or profited or attempted to profit shall not be deemed to be an accomplice.
N.Y. Penal Law § 230.40 Permitting prostitution
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§ 230.40 Permitting prostitution. A person is guilty of permitting prostitution when, having possession or control of premises or vehicle which he or she knows are being used for prostitution purposes or for the purpose of advancing prostitution, he or she fails to make reasonabl…
N.Y. Penal Law § 230.45 Limited immunity from prosecution
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§ 230.45 Limited immunity from prosecution. 1. This section applies where a person is the victim of or a witness to a crime (including an individual who becomes aware that another person is a victim of a crime), and has engaged or is alleged to have engaged in an act prohibited u…
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.00 Obscenity; definitions of terms
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§ 235.00 Obscenity; definitions of terms.\n The following definitions are applicable to sections 235.05, 235.10\nand 235.15:\n 1. "Obscene." Any material or performance is "obscene" if (a) the\naverage person, applying contemporary community standards, would find\nthat considered…
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.05 Obscenity in the third degree
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§ 235.05 Obscenity in the third degree. A person is guilty of obscenity in the third degree when, knowing its content and character, he: 1. Promotes, or possesses with intent to promote, any obscene material; or 2. Produces, presents or directs an obscene performance or participa…
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.06 Obscenity in the second degree
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§ 235.06 Obscenity in the second degree. A person is guilty of obscenity in the second degree when he commits the crime of obscenity in the third degree as defined in subdivisions one and two of section 235.05 of this chapter and has been previously convicted of obscenity in the …
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.07 Obscenity in the first degree
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§ 235.07 Obscenity in the first degree. A person is guilty of obscenity in the first degree when, knowing its content and character, he wholesale promotes or possesses with intent to wholesale promote, any obscene material. Obscenity in the first degree is a class D felony.
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.10 Obscenity; presumptions
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§ 235.10 Obscenity; presumptions. 1. A person who promotes or wholesale promotes obscene material, or possesses the same with intent to promote or wholesale promote it, in the course of his business is presumed to do so with knowledge of its content and character. 2. A person who…
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.15 Obscenity or disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree; defense
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§ 235.15 Obscenity or disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree; defense. 1. In any prosecution for obscenity, or disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree in violation of subdivision three of section 235.21 of this article, it is an affi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.20 Disseminating indecent material to minors; definitions of terms
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§ 235.20 Disseminating indecent material to minors; definitions of\nterms.\n The following definitions are applicable to sections 235.21, 235.22,\n235.23 and 235.24 of this article:\n 1. "Minor" means any person less than seventeen years old.\n 2. "Nudity" means the showing of th…
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.21 Disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree
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§ 235.21 Disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree. A person is guilty of disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree when: 1. With knowledge of its character and content, he sells or loans to a minor for monetary consideration: (a) Any pic…
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.22 Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree
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§ 235.22 Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree. A person is guilty of disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree when: 1. knowing the character and content of the communication which, in whole or in part, depicts or describes, either in …
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.23 Disseminating indecent material to minors; presumption and defenses
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§ 235.23 Disseminating indecent material to minors; presumption and defenses. 1. A person who engages in the conduct proscribed by section 235.21 is presumed to do so with knowledge of the character and content of the material sold or loaned, or the motion picture, show or presen…
N.Y. Penal Law § 235.24 Disseminating indecent material to minors; limitations
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§ 235.24 Disseminating indecent material to minors; limitations. In any prosecution for disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree pursuant to subdivision three of section 235.21 of this article or disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree …
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.00 Offenses against public order; definitions of terms
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§ 240.00 Offenses against public order; definitions of terms. The following definitions are applicable to this article: 1. "Public place" means a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to, highways, transportation …
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.05 Riot in the second degree
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§ 240.05 Riot in the second degree. A person is guilty of riot in the second degree when, simultaneously with four or more other persons, he engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly causes or creates a grave risk of causing public alarm. R…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.06 Riot in the first degree
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§ 240.06 Riot in the first degree. A person is guilty of riot in the first degree when he: 1. Simultaneously with ten or more other persons, engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly causes or creates a grave risk of causing public alarm, a…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.08 Inciting to riot
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§ 240.08 Inciting to riot. A person is guilty of inciting to riot when he urges ten or more persons to engage in tumultuous and violent conduct of a kind likely to create public alarm. Inciting to riot is a class A misdemeanor.
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.10 Unlawful assembly
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§ 240.10 Unlawful assembly. A person is guilty of unlawful assembly when he assembles with four or more other persons for the purpose of engaging or preparing to engage with them in tumultuous and violent conduct likely to cause public alarm, or when, being present at an assembly…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.15 Criminal anarchy
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§ 240.15 Criminal anarchy. A person is guilty of criminal anarchy when (a) he advocates the overthrow of the existing form of government of this state by violence, or (b) with knowledge of its contents, he publishes, sells or distributes any document which advocates such violent …
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.20 Disorderly conduct
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§ 240.20 Disorderly conduct. A person is guilty of disorderly conduct when, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof: 1. He engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior; or 2. He makes unreasonab…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.21 Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service
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§ 240.21 Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service. A person is guilty of disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service when he or she makes unreasonable noise or disturbance while at a lawfully a…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.25 Harassment in the first degree
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§ 240.25 Harassment in the first degree. A person is guilty of harassment in the first degree when he or she intentionally and repeatedly harasses another person by following such person in or about a public place or places or by engaging in a course of conduct or by repeatedly c…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.26 Harassment in the second degree
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§ 240.26 Harassment in the second degree. A person is guilty of harassment in the second degree when, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person: 1. He or she strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects such other person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.30 Aggravated harassment in the second degree
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§ 240.30 Aggravated harassment in the second degree. A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the second degree when: 1. With intent to harass another person, the actor either: (a) communicates, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, by computer or any other electronic mea…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.31 Aggravated harassment in the first degree
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§ 240.31 Aggravated harassment in the first degree. A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the first degree when with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person, because of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color, national origin, ancestr…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.32 Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual
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§ 240.32 Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual. An incarcerated individual or respondent is guilty of aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm a person in a facility whom …
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.33 Aggravated harassment of a judge
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§ 240.33 Aggravated harassment of a judge. A person is guilty of aggravated harassment of a judge when: 1. With intent to harass another person, the actor either: (a) communicates, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, by computer or any other electronic means, or by mail, or b…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.35 Loitering
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§ 240.35 Loitering. A person is guilty of loitering when he: 2. Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of gambling with cards, dice or other gambling paraphernalia; or 5. Loiters or remains in or about school grounds, a college or university building or grounds or a…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.36 Loitering in the first degree
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§ 240.36 Loitering in the first degree. A person is guilty of loitering in the first degree when he loiters or remains in any place with one or more persons for the purpose of unlawfully using or possessing a controlled substance, as defined in section 220.00 of this chapter. Loi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.40 Appearance in public under the influence of narcotics or a drug other than alcohol
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§ 240.40 Appearance in public under the influence of narcotics or a drug other than alcohol. A person is guilty of appearance in public under the influence of narcotics or a drug other than alcohol when he appears in a public place under the influence of narcotics or a drug other…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.45 Criminal nuisance in the second degree
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§ 240.45 Criminal nuisance in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal nuisance in the second degree when: 1. By conduct either unlawful in itself or unreasonable under all the circumstances, he knowingly or recklessly creates or maintains a condition which endangers the…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.46 Criminal nuisance in the first degree
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§ 240.46 Criminal nuisance in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal nuisance in the first degree when he knowingly conducts or maintains any premises, place or resort where persons come or gather for purposes of engaging in the unlawful sale of controlled substances in…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.48 Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice
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§ 240.48 Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice. A person is guilty of disseminating a false registered sex offender notice when, knowing the information he or she disseminates or causes to be disseminated to be false or baseless, such person disseminates or causes …
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.50 Falsely reporting an incident in the third degree
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§ 240.50 Falsely reporting an incident in the third degree. A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be false or baseless, he or she: 1. Initiates or circulates a false report or warn…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.55 Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree
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§ 240.55 Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree. A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be false or baseless, he or she: 1. Initiates or circulates a false report or wa…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.60 Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree
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§ 240.60 Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree. A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the first degree when he: 1. commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree as defined in section 240.55 of this article, and has previously…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.61 Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree
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§ 240.61 Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree. A person is guilty of placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree when he or she places, or causes to be placed, any device or object that by its design, construction, content or chara…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.62 Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the first degree
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§ 240.62 Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the first degree. A person is guilty of placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the first degree when he or she places, or causes to be placed, in or upon school grounds, a public building, or a public place any devic…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.63 Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall
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§ 240.63 Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall. A person is guilty of placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shop…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.65 Unlawful prevention of public access to records
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§ 240.65 Unlawful prevention of public access to records. A person is guilty of unlawful prevention of public access to records when, with intent to prevent the public inspection of a record pursuant to article six of the public officers law, he willfully conceals or destroys any…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.69 Criminal interference with access to a place of religious worship
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§ 240.69 Criminal interference with access to a place of religious worship. 1. A person is guilty of criminal interference with access to a place of religious worship when such person, with respect to an individual who was or is seeking to enter into or exit from a place of relig…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.70 Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree
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§ 240.70 Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree. 1. A person is guilty of criminal interference with health services or religious worship in the second degree when: (a) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, he o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.71 Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree
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§ 240.71 Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of criminal interference with health …
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.72 Aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree
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§ 240.72 Aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree. A person is guilty of the crime of aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree when he or she commits the crime of criminal interference with health care services or religi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.73 Aggravated interference with health care services in the first degree
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§ 240.73 Aggravated interference with health care services in the first degree. A person is guilty of the crime of aggravated interference with health care services in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of criminal interference with health care services or religiou…