New York Laws
Article 242 - Offenses Against Service Animals and Handlers
242.15 - Harming a Service Animal in the First Degree.


A person is guilty of harming a service animal in the first degree
when, he or she commits the crime of harming a service animal in the
second degree, and has been convicted of harming a service animal in the
first or second degree within the prior five years.

Harming a service animal in the first degree is a class E felony.