N.Y. Penal Law § 490.01: Liability protection

§ 490.01 Liability protection.

1. Any person who makes a qualified disclosure of suspicious behavior

shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for reporting such

behavior.

2. For purposes of this article, "qualified disclosure of suspicious

behavior" means any disclosure of allegedly suspicious behavior of

another individual or individuals to any person that is made in good

faith and with the reasonable belief that such suspicious behavior

constitutes, is indicative of, or is in furtherance of a crime or an act

of terrorism.

3. An action alleging that a statement or disclosure by a person of

any suspicious transaction, activity or occurrence indicating that an

individual may be engaging in or preparing to engage in suspicious

behavior which constitutes, is indicative of, or is in furtherance of, a

crime or an act of terrorism was not made in good faith and with the

reasonable belief that such suspicious behavior constitutes, is

indicative of, or is in furtherance of, a crime or an act of terrorism

must be pled with particularity pursuant to subdivision (b) of rule

three thousand sixteen of the civil practice law and rules.