N.Y. Penal Law Section 245.10
Public display of offensive sexual material

  • definitions of terms
The following definitions are applicable to section 245.11:

1.

“Nudity” means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.

2.

“Sexual conduct” means an act of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person be a female, breast.

3.

“Sado-masochistic abuse” means flagellation or torture by or upon a person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizzare costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed.

4.

“Transportation facility” means any conveyance, premises or place used for or in connection with public passenger transportation, whether by air, railroad, motor vehicle or any other method. It includes aircraft, watercraft, railroad cars, buses, and air, boat, railroad and bus terminals and stations and all appurtenances thereto.

Source: Section 245.10 — Public display of offensive sexual material; definitions of terms, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/245.­10 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 8, 2025).

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