490.01 – Liability Protection.
§ 490.01 Liability protection. 1. Any person who makes a qualified disclosure of suspicious behavior shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for reporting such behavior. 2. For purposes of this article, “qualified disclosure of suspicious behavior” means any disclosure of allegedly suspicious behavior of another individual or individuals to any person that is […]
485.00 – Legislative Findings.
§ 485.00 Legislative findings. The legislature finds and determines as follows: criminal acts involving violence, intimidation and destruction of property based upon bias and prejudice have become more prevalent in New York state in recent years. The intolerable truth is that in these crimes, commonly and justly referred to as “hate crimes”, victims are intentionally […]
490.05 – Definitions.
§ 490.05 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall mean and include: 1. “Act of terrorism”: (a) for purposes of this article means an act or acts constituting a specified offense as defined in subdivision three of this section for which a person may be convicted in the criminal courts of this […]
485.05 – Hate Crimes.
§ 485.05 Hate crimes. 1. A person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified offense and either: (a) intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is committed or intended to be committed in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, […]
490.10 – Soliciting or Providing Support for an Act of Terrorism in the Second Degree.
§ 490.10 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree. A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree when, with intent that material support or resources will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out or aid in […]
485.10 – Sentencing.
§ 485.10 Sentencing. 1. When a person is convicted of a hate crime pursuant to this article, and the specified offense is a violent felony offense, as defined in section 70.02 of this chapter, the hate crime shall be deemed a violent felony offense. 2. When a person is convicted of a hate crime pursuant […]
490.15 – Soliciting or Providing Support for an Act of Terrorism in the First Degree.
§ 490.15 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree. A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree and the total […]
490.00 – Legislative Findings.
§ 490.00 Legislative findings. The devastating consequences of the recent barbaric attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon underscore the compelling need for legislation that is specifically designed to combat the evils of terrorism. Indeed, the bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, the federal building in Oklahoma City in […]
490.20 – Making a Terroristic Threat.
§ 490.20 Making a terroristic threat. 1. A person is guilty of making a terroristic threat when with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he or she […]
490.25 – Crime of Terrorism.
§ 490.25 Crime of terrorism. 1. A person is guilty of a crime of terrorism when, with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he or she commits […]