2020 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title N - Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
Article 245 - Offenses Against Public Sensibilities
245.11 - Public Display of Offensive Sexual Material.

Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 245.11 (2020)
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§ 245.11 Public display of offensive sexual material.
  A  person  is  guilty  of  public display of offensive sexual material
when, with knowledge of  its  character  and  content,  he  displays  or
permits  to  be  displayed  in  or  on  any window, showcase, newsstand,
display rack, wall, door,  billboard,  display  board,  viewing  screen,
moving picture screen, marquee or similar place, in such manner that the
display  is  easily  visible from or in any:  public street, sidewalk or
thoroughfare;  transportation  facility;  or  any  place  accessible  to
members  of  the  public  without  fee  or  other  limit or condition of
admission such as a  minimum  age  requirement  and  including  but  not
limited  to  schools,  places  of  amusement,  parks and playgrounds but
excluding  rooms  or  apartments  designed  for  actual  residence;  any
pictorial,  three-dimensional or other visual representation of a person
or a portion of the human body that predominantly  appeals  to  prurient
interest in sex, and that:

(a) depicts nudity, or actual or simulated sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse; or

(b) depicts or appears to depict nudity, or actual or simulated sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse, with the area of the male or female subject's unclothed or apparently unclothed genitals, pubic area or buttocks, or of the female subject's unclothed or apparently unclothed breast, obscured by a covering or mark placed or printed on or in front of the material displayed, or obscured or altered in any other manner. Public display of offensive sexual material is a Class A misdemeanor.

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