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N.Y. Penal Law § 240.10: Unlawful assembly

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Penal Law
Part 3. Specific Offenses
Title N. Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
Article 240. Offenses Against Public Order

§ 240.10 Unlawful assembly.

A person is guilty of unlawful assembly when he assembles with four or

more other persons for the purpose of engaging or preparing to engage

with them in tumultuous and violent conduct likely to cause public

alarm, or when, being present at an assembly which either has or

develops such purpose, he remains there with intent to advance that

purpose.

Unlawful assembly is a class B misdemeanor.

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