N.Y. PEN Law § 145.20
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 145.20, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Criminal tampering in the first degree
Official statutory text
§ 145.20 Criminal tampering in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of criminal tampering in the first degree when,\nwith intent to cause a substantial interruption or impairment of a\nservice rendered to the public, and having no right to do so nor any\nreasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she\ndamages or tampers with property of a gas, electric, sewer, steam or\nwater-works corporation, telephone or telegraph corporation, common\ncarrier, nuclear powered electric generating facility, or public utility\noperated by a municipality or district, and thereby causes such\nsubstantial interruption or impairment of service.\n Criminal tampering in the first degree is a class D felony.\n
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