N.Y. Penal Law § 145.15: Criminal tampering in the second degree

§ 145.15 Criminal tampering in the second degree.

A person is guilty of criminal tampering in the second degree when,

having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he

has such right, he or she tampers or makes connection with property of a

gas, electric, sewer, steam or water-works corporation, telephone or

telegraph corporation, common carrier, nuclear powered electric

generating facility, or public utility operated by a municipality or

district; except that in any prosecution under this section, it is an

affirmative defense that the defendant did not engage in such conduct

for a larcenous or otherwise unlawful or wrongful purpose.

Criminal tampering in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.