N.Y. Penal Law § 240.30: Aggravated harassment in the second degree

§ 240.30 Aggravated harassment in the second degree.

A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the second degree when:

1. With intent to harass another person, the actor either:

(a) communicates, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, by computer

or any other electronic means, or by mail, or by transmitting or

delivering any other form of communication, a threat to cause physical

harm to, or unlawful harm to the property of, such person, or a member

of such person's same family or household as defined in subdivision one

of section 530.11 of the criminal procedure law, and the actor knows or

reasonably should know that such communication will cause such person to

reasonably fear harm to such person's physical safety or property, or to

the physical safety or property of a member of such person's same family

or household; or

(b) causes a communication to be initiated anonymously or otherwise,

by telephone, by computer or any other electronic means, or by mail, or

by transmitting or delivering any other form of communication, a threat

to cause physical harm to, or unlawful harm to the property of, such

person, a member of such person's same family or household as defined in

subdivision one of section 530.11 of the criminal procedure law, and the

actor knows or reasonably should know that such communication will cause

such person to reasonably fear harm to such person's physical safety or

property, or to the physical safety or property of a member of such

person's same family or household; or

2. With intent to harass or threaten another person, he or she makes a

telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of

legitimate communication; or

3. With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person,

he or she strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects another person

to physical contact, including removing a religious clothing article or

headdress from such person, or attempts or threatens to do the same

because of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color,

national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression,

religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation,

regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct; or

3-a. With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another

person, such person strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects

another person to physical contact, which includes spitting on such

other person, and such other person is a train operator, ticket

inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station

cleaner, terminal cleaner, station customer assistant, traffic checker;

person whose official duties include the sale or collection of tickets,

passes, vouchers, or other revenue payment media for use on a train,

bus, or ferry or the collection or handling of revenues therefrom; a

person whose official duties include the maintenance, repair,

inspection, troubleshooting, testing or cleaning of buses or ferries, a

transit signal system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit

station structure, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and

other equipment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or

stations, train yard, revenue train in passenger service, a ferry

station, or a train or bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such

personnel, employed by any transit agency, authority or company, public

or private, whose operation is authorized by New York state or any of

its political subdivisions while such individual is performing an

assigned duty; or

4. With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person,

he or she strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects another person to

physical contact thereby causing physical injury to such person or to a

family or household member of such person as defined in section 530.11

of the criminal procedure law; or

5. He or she commits the crime of harassment in the first degree and

has previously been convicted of the crime of harassment in the first

degree as defined by section 240.25 of this article within the preceding

ten years.

Aggravated harassment in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.