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N.Y. Penal Law § 240.26: Harassment in the second 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

§ 240.26 Harassment in the second degree.

A person is guilty of harassment in the second degree when, with

intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person:

1. He or she strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects such other

person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same; or

2. He or she follows a person in or about a public place or places; or

3. He or she engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts

which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and which serve no

legitimate purpose.

Subdivisions two and three of 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 second degree is a violation.

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