N.Y. PEN Law § 240.78
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 240.78, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Making a threat of mass harm
Official statutory text
§ 240.78 Making a threat of mass harm.\n 1. A person is guilty of making a threat of mass harm when with the\nintent to intimidate a group of people or to create public alarm, such\nperson threatens to inflict or cause to be inflicted, serious physical\ninjury or death at a school, place of worship, business, government\nbuilding, or other place of assembly, and thereby causes a reasonable\nexpectation or fear of serious physical injury or death, or causes the\nevacuation or lockdown of a school, place of worship, business,\ngovernment building, or other place of assembly.\n 2. It shall be no defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section\nthat the defendant did not have the intent or capability of committing\nthe conduct threatened.\n Making a threat of mass harm is a class B misdemeanor.\n
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