N.Y. PEN Law § 240.71
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 240.71, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree
Official statutory text
§ 240.71 Criminal interference with health care services or religious\n worship in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of criminal interference with health care services\nor religious worship in the first degree when he or she commits the\ncrime of criminal interference with health care services or religious\nworship in the second degree and has been previously convicted of the\ncrime of criminal interference with health care services or religious\nworship in the first or second degree or aggravated interference with\nhealth care services in the first or second degree.\n Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship\nin the first degree is a class E felony.\n
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