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2014 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title N - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, PUBLIC SENSIBILITIES AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Article 245 - (245.00 - 245.11) OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC SENSIBILITIES
245.00 - Public lewdness.

NY Penal L § 245.00 (2014) What's This?
245.00 Public lewdness.

A  person  is  guilty of public lewdness when he intentionally exposes
  the private or intimate parts of his body in a lewd  manner  or  commits
  any  other  lewd  act  (a) in a public place, or (b) in private premises
  under circumstances in which he may readily be observed  from  either  a
  public  place or from other private premises, and with intent that he be
  so observed.

Public lewdness is a class B misdemeanor.

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