N.Y. PEN Law § 240.60 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title N / Article 240 / Section 240.60
Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree
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§ 240.60 Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the first\ndegree when he:\n  1. commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the second\ndegree as defined in section 240.55 of this article, and has previously\nbeen convicted of that crime; or\n  2. commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the third\ndegree as defined in subdivisions one and two of section 240.50 of this\narticle or falsely reporting an incident in the second degree as defined\nin subdivisions one and two of section 240.55 of this article and\nanother person who is an employee or member of any official or\nquasi-official agency having the function of dealing with emergencies\ninvolving danger to life or property; or who is a volunteer firefighter\nwith a fire department, fire company, or any unit thereof as defined in\nthe volunteer firefighters' benefit law; or who is a volunteer ambulance\nworker with a volunteer ambulance corporation or any unit thereof as\ndefined in the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law suffers serious\nphysical injury or is killed in the performance of his or her official\nduties in traveling to or working at or returning to a firehouse, police\nstation, quarters or other base facility from the location identified in\nsuch report; or\n  3. commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the third\ndegree as defined in subdivisions one and two of section 240.50 of this\narticle or falsely reporting an incident in the second degree as defined\nin subdivisions one and two of section 240.55 of this article and\nanother person suffers serious physical injury or is killed as a result\nof any vehicular or other accident involving any emergency vehicle which\nis responding to, operating at, or returning from the location\nidentified in such report.\n  4. An emergency vehicle as referred to in subdivision three of this\nsection shall include any vehicle operated by any employee or member of\nany official or quasi-official agency having the function of dealing\nwith emergencies involving danger to life or property and shall include,\nbut not necessarily be limited to, an emergency vehicle which is\noperated by a volunteer firefighter with a fire department, fire\ncompany, or any unit thereof as defined in the volunteer firefighters'\nbenefit law; or by a volunteer ambulance worker with a volunteer\nambulance corporation, or any unit thereof as defined in the volunteer\nambulance workers' benefit law.\n  5. Knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be\nfalse or baseless and under circumstances in which it is likely public\nalarm or inconvenience will result, he or she initiates or circulates a\nreport or warning of an alleged occurrence or an impending occurrence of\na fire, an explosion, or the release of a hazardous substance upon\nschool grounds and it is likely that persons are present on said\ngrounds.\n  6. Knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be\nfalse or baseless and under circumstances in which it is likely public\nalarm or inconvenience will result, he or she initiates or circulates a\nreport or warning of an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of a\nfire, explosion or the release of a hazardous substance in or upon a\nsports stadium or arena, mass transportation facility, enclosed shopping\nmall, any public building or any public place, and it is likely that\npersons are present. For purposes of this subdivision, the terms "sports\nstadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping\nmall" shall have their natural meaning and the term "public building"\nshall have the meaning set forth in section four hundred one of the\nexecutive law.\n  Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree is a class D felony.\n