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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE N
Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
ARTICLE 240
Offenses Against Public Order
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Riot in the first degree
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SECTION 240.08
Inciting to riot
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE N, ARTICLE 240
§ 240.08 Inciting to riot.

A person is guilty of inciting to riot when he urges ten or more
persons to engage in tumultuous and violent conduct of a kind likely to
create public alarm.

Inciting to riot is a class A misdemeanor.