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N.Y. Penal Law § 240.25: Harassment in the first degree

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

§ 240.25 Harassment in the first degree.

A person is guilty of harassment in the first degree when he or she

intentionally and repeatedly harasses another person by following such

person in or about a public place or places or by engaging in a course

of conduct or by repeatedly committing acts which places such person in

reasonable fear of physical injury. This section shall not apply to

activities regulated by the national labor relations act, as amended,

the railway labor act, as amended, or the federal employment labor

management act, as amended.

Harassment in the first degree is a class B misdemeanor.

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