N.Y. Penal Law § 270.15: Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line

§ 270.15 Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line.

1. As used in this section:

(a) "Party line" means a subscriber's line telephone circuit,

consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith,

each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number.

(b) "Emergency call" means a telephone call to a police or fire

department, or for medical aid or ambulance service, necessitated by a

situation in which human life or property is in jeopardy and prompt

summoning of aid is essential.

2. A person is guilty of unlawfully refusing to yield a party line

when, being informed that a party line is needed for an emergency call,

he refuses immediately to relinquish such line.

Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line is a class B misdemeanor.