N.Y. Penal Law Section 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 threatens to commit or cause to be committed a specified offense and thereby causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of such offense.

2.

It shall be no defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section that the defendant did not have the intent or capability of committing the specified offense or that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject thereof. Making a terroristic threat is a class D felony.

Source: Section 490.20 — Making a terroristic threat, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/490.­20 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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