New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)
N.Y. Penal Law § 245.03: Public lewdness in the first degree
What this law says, in plain English
A person age 19+ commits public lewdness in the first degree by intentionally exposing intimate body parts lewdly to alarm or seriously annoy a minor under 16 in specified locations, or by committing public lewdness after a prior conviction within one year. It is a Class A misdemeanor.
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