N.Y. Penal Law § 155.15: Larceny; defenses

§ 155.15 Larceny; defenses.

1. In any prosecution for larceny committed by trespassory taking or

embezzlement, it is an affirmative defense that the property was

appropriated under a claim of right made in good faith.

2. In any prosecution for larceny by extortion committed by instilling

in the victim a fear that he or another person would be charged with a

crime, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant reasonably

believed the threatened charge to be true and that his sole purpose was

to compel or induce the victim to take reasonable action to make good

the wrong which was the subject of such threatened charge.