N.Y. Penal Law § 145.22 (2026)

§ 145.22 Cemetery desecration in the second degree.
  A person is guilty of cemetery desecration in the second degree when:
(a) with intent to damage property of another person, and having no
right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such
right, he damages any real or personal property maintained as a cemetery
plot, grave, burial place or other place of interment of human remains;
or
  (b) with intent to steal personal property, he steals personal
property which is located at a cemetery plot, grave, burial place or
other place of interment of human remains and which property is owned by
the person or organization which maintains or owns such place or the
estate, next-of-kin or representatives of the deceased person interred
there.
  Cemetery desecration in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.