New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.21: Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a class A misdemeanor by making unreasonable noise or disturbance at or near a religious service, funeral, burial, or memorial service with intent to annoy or alarm, or recklessly creating that risk.
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