N.Y. Penal Law § 190.72: Unauthorized radio transmission

§ 190.72 Unauthorized radio transmission.

A person is guilty of an unauthorized radio transmission when such

person knowingly makes or causes to be made a radio transmission in this

state, on a radio frequency assigned and licensed by the federal

communications commission for use by amplitude modulation (AM) radio

stations between the frequencies of five hundred thirty kilohertz (kHz)

to seventeen hundred kilohertz (kHz), or frequency modulation (FM) radio

stations between the frequencies of eighty-eight megahertz (MHz) to one

hundred eight megahertz (MHz), without authorization or having first

obtained a license from the federal communications commission or duly

authorized federal agency, in violation of federal law.

Unauthorized radio transmission is a class A misdemeanor.