There is a newer version of the New York Consolidated Laws
2006 New York Code - Cemetery Desecration In The First Degree.
§ 145.23 Cemetery desecration in the first degree. A person is guilty of cemetery desecration in the first degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he: (a) damages any real or personal property maintained as a cemetery plot, grave, burial place or other place of interment of human remains in an amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars; or (b) commits the crime of cemetery desecration in the second degree as defined in section 145.22 of this article and has been previously convicted of the crime of cemetery desecration in the second degree within the preceding five years. Cemetery desecration in the first degree is a class E felony.
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