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New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Penal Law § 240.71 (2026)

Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree

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§ 240.71 Criminal interference with health care services or religious
             worship in the first degree.
  A person is guilty of criminal interference with health care services
or religious worship in the first degree when he or she commits the
crime of criminal interference with health care services or religious
worship in the second degree and has been previously convicted of the
crime of criminal interference with health care services or religious
worship in the first or second degree or aggravated interference with
health care services in the first or second degree.
  Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship
in the first degree is a class E felony.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: People of State of Ny Ex Rel. Spitzer v. Kraeger, 160 F. Supp. 2d 360 (N.D.N.Y. 2001).
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People of State of Ny Ex Rel. Spitzer v. Kraeger, 160 F. Supp. 2d 360 (N.D.N.Y. 2001). “Penal Law § 240.71 defines the crime of Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree, which is a class E felony, A violation of § 240.”
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