N.Y. Penal Law § 145.20: Criminal tampering in the first degree

§ 145.20 Criminal tampering in the first degree.

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

with intent to cause a substantial interruption or impairment of a

service rendered to the public, and having no right to do so nor any

reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she

damages or tampers 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, and thereby causes such

substantial interruption or impairment of service.

Criminal tampering in the first degree is a class D felony.