N.Y. Penal Law Section 245.03
Public lewdness in the first degree

A person is guilty of public lewdness in the first degree when:

1.

being nineteen years of age or older and intending to be observed by a person less than sixteen years of age in a place described in subdivision (a) or (b) of section 245.00 of this article, he or she intentionally exposes the private or intimate parts of his or her body in a lewd manner for the purpose of alarming or seriously annoying such person, and he or she is thereby observed by such person in such place; or

2.

he or she commits the crime of public lewdness, as defined in section 245.00 of this article, and within the preceding year has been convicted of an offense defined in such section 245.00 or this section. Public lewdness in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.

Source: Section 245.03 — Public lewdness in the first degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/245.­03 (updated Nov. 7, 2014; accessed Jul. 12, 2025).

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