N.Y. Penal Law § 121.13-a: Aggravated strangulation

§ 121.13-a Aggravated strangulation.

A person is guilty of aggravated strangulation when, being a police

officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the

criminal procedure law or a peace officer as defined in section 2.10 of

the criminal procedure law, he or she commits the crime of criminal

obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, as defined in section

121.11 of this article, or uses a chokehold or similar restraint, as

described in paragraph b of subdivision one of section eight hundred

thirty-seven-t of the executive law, and thereby causes serious physical

injury or death to another person.

Aggravated strangulation is a class C felony.