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
270.20 - Unlawful wearing of a body vest.

 
  § 270.20 Unlawful wearing of a body vest.
    1.  A  person  is  guilty  of the unlawful wearing of a body vest when
  acting either alone or with one or more other  persons  he  commits  any
  violent  felony  offense  defined  in  section  70.02 while possessing a
  firearm, rifle or shotgun and in the course of  and  in  furtherance  of
  such crime he wears a body vest.
    2.   For   the  purposes  of  this  section  a  "body  vest"  means  a
  bullet-resistant soft body armor providing, as a minimum  standard,  the
  level  of  protection  known as threat level I which shall mean at least
  seven layers of  bullet-resistant  material  providing  protection  from
  three  shots of one hundred fifty-eight grain lead ammunition fired from
  a .38 calibre handgun at a velocity of  eight  hundred  fifty  feet  per
  second.
    The unlawful wearing of a body vest is a class E felony.