New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.50: Falsely reporting an incident in the third degree
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits falsely reporting an incident in the third degree by knowingly initiating or reporting false information about crimes, emergencies, child abuse, or vulnerable person neglect to officials or the public, knowing the information is false or baseless.
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