New York Laws
Article 240 - Offenses Against Public Order
240.06 - Riot in the First Degree.


A person is guilty of riot in the first degree when he:

1. Simultaneously with ten or more other persons, engages in
tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly
causes or creates a grave risk of causing public alarm, and in the
course of and as a result of such conduct, a person other than one of
the participants suffers physical injury or substantial property damage
occurs; or

2. While in a correctional facility or a local correctional facility,
as those terms are defined in subdivisions four and sixteen,
respectively, of section two of the correction law, simultaneously with
ten or more other persons, engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and
thereby intentionally or recklessly causes or creates a grave risk of
causing alarm within such correctional facility or local correctional
facility and in the course of and as a result of such conduct, a person
other than one of the participants suffers physical injury or
substantial property damage occurs.

Riot in the first degree is a class E felony.

Structure New York Laws

New York Laws

PEN - Penal

Part 3 - Specific Offenses

Title N - Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy

Article 240 - Offenses Against Public Order

240.00 - Offenses Against Public Order; Definitions of Terms.

240.05 - Riot in the Second Degree.

240.06 - Riot in the First Degree.

240.08 - Inciting to Riot.

240.10 - Unlawful Assembly.

240.15 - Criminal Anarchy.

240.20 - Disorderly Conduct.

240.21 - Disruption or Disturbance of a Religious Service, Funeral, Burial or Memorial Service.

240.25 - Harassment in the First Degree.

240.26 - Harassment in the Second Degree.

240.30 - Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree.

240.31 - Aggravated Harassment in the First Degree.

240.32 - Aggravated Harassment of an Employee by an Incarcerated Individual.

240.35 - Loitering.

240.36 - Loitering in the First Degree.

240.40 - Appearance in Public Under the Influence of Narcotics or a Drug Other Than Alcohol.

240.45 - Criminal Nuisance in the Second Degree.

240.46 - Criminal Nuisance in the First Degree.

240.48 - Disseminating a False Registered Sex Offender Notice.

240.50 - Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Third Degree.

240.55 - Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Second Degree.

240.60 - Falsely Reporting an Incident in the First Degree.

240.61 - Placing a False Bomb or Hazardous Substance in the Second Degree.

240.62 - Placing a False Bomb or Hazardous Substance in the First Degree.

240.63 - Placing a False Bomb or Hazardous Substance in a Sports Stadium or Arena, Mass Transportation Facility or Enclosed Shopping Mall.

240.65 - Unlawful Prevention of Public Access to Records.

240.70 - Criminal Interference With Health Care Services or Religious Worship in the Second Degree.

240.71 - Criminal Interference With Health Care Services or Religious Worship in the First Degree.

240.72 - Aggravated Interference With Health Care Services in the Second Degree.

240.73 - Aggravated Interference With Health Care Services in the First Degree.

240.75 - Aggravated Family Offense.

240.76 - Directing a Laser at an Aircraft in the Second Degree.

240.77 - Directing a Laser at an Aircraft in the First Degree.

240.78 - Making a Threat of Mass Harm.

240.79 - Aggravated Threat of Mass Harm.