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2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title P - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY
Article 270 - (270.00 - 270.35) OTHER OFFENSES RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY
270.15 - Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line.


NY Penal L § 270.15 (2012) What's This?
 
  § 270.15 Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line.
    1. As used in this section:
    (a)   "Party  line"  means  a  subscriber's  line  telephone  circuit,
  consisting of two or more main telephone stations  connected  therewith,
  each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number.
    (b)  "Emergency  call"  means  a  telephone  call  to a police or fire
  department, or for medical aid or ambulance service, necessitated  by  a
  situation  in  which  human  life  or property is in jeopardy and prompt
  summoning of aid is essential.
    2. A person is guilty of unlawfully refusing to  yield  a  party  line
  when,  being informed that a party line is needed for an emergency call,
  he refuses immediately to relinquish such line.
    Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line is a class B misdemeanor.

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