N.Y. Penal Law § 270.10: Creating a hazard

§ 270.10 Creating a hazard.

A person is guilty of creating a hazard when:

1. Having discarded in any place where it might attract children, a

container which has a compartment of more than one and one-half cubic

feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically

when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside, he fails

to remove the door, lid, locking or fastening device; or

2. Being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon

which an abandoned well or cesspool is located, he fails to cover the

same with suitable protective construction.

Creating a hazard is a class B misdemeanor.