New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.78: Making a threat of mass harm
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a class B misdemeanor by threatening to cause serious injury or death at schools, places of worship, businesses, or public gatherings with intent to intimidate or create public alarm, if the threat causes reasonable fear or triggers evacuation.
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