N.Y. Penal Law Section 190.20
False advertising

A person is guilty of false advertising when, with intent to promote the sale or to increase the consumption of property or services, he makes or causes to be made a false or misleading statement in any advertisement or publishes any advertisement in violation of chapter three of the act of congress entitled “Truth in Lending Act” and the regulations thereunder, as such act and regulations may from time to time be amended, addressed to the public or to a substantial number of persons; except that, in any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that the allegedly false or misleading statement was not knowingly or recklessly made or caused to be made. False advertising is a class A misdemeanor.

Source: Section 190.20 — False advertising, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/190.­20 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 6, 2025).

190.00
Issuing a bad check 190.05
Issuing a bad check 190.10
Issuing a bad check 190.15
Issuing a bad check 190.20
False advertising 190.23
False personation 190.25
Criminal impersonation in the second degree 190.26
Criminal impersonation in the first degree 190.27
Criminal sale of a police uniform 190.30
Unlawfully concealing a will 190.35
Misconduct by corporate official 190.40
Criminal usury in the second degree 190.42
Criminal usury in the first degree 190.45
Possession of usurious loan records 190.50
Unlawful collection practices 190.55
Making a false statement of credit terms 190.60
Scheme to defraud in the second degree 190.65
Scheme to defraud in the first degree 190.70
Scheme to defraud the state by unlawfully selling prescriptions 190.72
Unauthorized radio transmission 190.75
Criminal use of an access device in the second degree 190.76
Criminal use of an access device in the first degree 190.77
Offenses involving theft of identity 190.78
Identity theft in the third degree 190.79
Identity theft in the second degree 190.80
Identity theft in the first degree 190.80–A
Aggravated identity theft 190.81
Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the third degree 190.82
Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the second degree 190.83
Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the first degree 190.84
Defenses 190.85
Unlawful possession of a skimmer device in the second degree 190.86
Unlawful possession of a skimmer device in the first degree 190.87
Immigrant assistant services fraud in the second degree 190.89
Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree 190.90
Unlawful compensation in a veterans’ benefits matter
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Verified:
Dec. 6, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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