2014 New York 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
270.10 - Creating a hazard.

270.10 Creating a hazard.
A person is guilty of creating a hazard when:
1.  Having  discarded  in any place where it might attract children, a
  container which has a compartment of more than one  and  one-half  cubic
  feet  capacity  and  a  door or lid which locks or fastens automatically
  when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside, he  fails
  to remove the door, lid, locking or fastening device; or
2.  Being  the  owner  or otherwise having possession of property upon
  which an abandoned well or cesspool is located, he fails  to  cover  the
  same with suitable protective construction.
Creating a hazard is a class B misdemeanor.