2013 New York Consolidated Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 26 - (390 - 399-ZZZ) MISCELLANEOUS
396-X*2 - Unauthorized removal or destruction of newspapers.

 
    * §  396-x.  Unauthorized  removal or destruction of newspapers. 1. It
  shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to maliciously  remove  or
  destroy  a newspaper left or delivered on another person's property. For
  purposes of this section:  (a)  "unauthorized  removal  or  destruction"
  shall  mean  malicious removal or destruction by a person other than the
  owner or lessee of property or the agent of the owner or lessee of  such
  property from which the newspaper is removed; (b) "newspaper" shall mean
  a  paper  of  general  circulation  which  is  printed  and  distributed
  ordinarily not less frequently than once a week and which contains news,
  articles of opinion, advertising, or other matters regarded  as  current
  interest;  and (c) "another person's property" shall mean property owned
  by or leased to another person.
    2. The publisher of a newspaper may  bring  an  action  under  article
  sixty-three   of  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules  to  enjoin  the
  unauthorized removal or destruction of the publisher's newspaper.
    3. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a  civil
  fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars.
    4.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall be deemed to limit or
  modify the applicability of the penal law to the  conduct  described  in
  this section.
    * NB There are 2 § 396-x's