A person is guilty of criminal tampering in the first degree when,
with intent to cause a substantial interruption or impairment of a
service rendered to the public, and having no right to do so nor any
reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she
damages or tampers with property of a gas, electric, sewer, steam or
water-works corporation, telephone or telegraph corporation, common
carrier, nuclear powered electric generating facility, or public utility
operated by a municipality or district, and thereby causes such
substantial interruption or impairment of service.
Criminal tampering in the first degree is a class D felony.
Structure New York Laws
Title I - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property
Article 145 - Criminal Mischief and Related Offenses
145.00 - Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree.
145.05 - Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree.
145.10 - Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree.
145.12 - Criminal Mischief in the First Degree.
145.14 - Criminal Tampering in the Third Degree.
145.15 - Criminal Tampering in the Second Degree.
145.20 - Criminal Tampering in the First Degree.
145.22 - Cemetery Desecration in the Second Degree.
145.23 - Cemetery Desecration in the First Degree.
145.25 - Reckless Endangerment of Property.
145.26 - Aggravated Cemetery Desecration in the Second Degree.
145.27 - Aggravated Cemetery Desecration in the First Degree.
145.30 - Unlawfully Posting Advertisements.
145.35 - Tampering With a Consumer Product; Consumer Product Defined.
145.40 - Tampering With a Consumer Product in the Second Degree.
145.45 - Tampering With a Consumer Product in the First Degree.
145.50 - Penalties for Littering on Railroad Tracks and Rights-of-Way.
145.65 - Possession of Graffiti Instruments.
145.70 - Criminal Possession of a Taximeter Accelerating Device.