N.Y. Penal Law § 270.25: Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree

§ 270.25 Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the

third degree.

A person is guilty of unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor

vehicle in the third degree when, knowing that he or she has been

directed to stop his or her motor vehicle by a uniformed police officer

or a marked police vehicle by the activation of either the lights or the

lights and siren of such vehicle, he or she thereafter attempts to flee

such officer or such vehicle by driving at speeds which equal or exceed

twenty-five miles per hour above the speed limit or engaging in reckless

driving as defined by section twelve hundred twelve of the vehicle and

traffic law.

Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third

degree is a class A misdemeanor.