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2021 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title N - Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
Article 240 - Offenses Against Public Order
240.46 - Criminal Nuisance in the First Degree.

Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 240.46 (2021)
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§ 240.46 Criminal nuisance in the first degree.

A person is guilty of criminal nuisance in the first degree when he knowingly conducts or maintains any premises, place or resort where persons come or gather for purposes of engaging in the unlawful sale of controlled substances in violation of section 220.39, 220.41, or 220.43 of this chapter, and thereby derives the benefit from such unlawful conduct.

Criminal nuisance in the first degree is a class E felony.


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