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The Laws of New York Consolidated Laws of New York CHAPTER 40 Administrative Provisions ARTICLE 490 SECTION 490.15 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree ARTICLE 490 SECTION 490.25 Crime of terrorism

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SECTION 490.20 Making a terroristic threat Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 4, TITLE Y-1, ARTICLE 490

§ 490.20 Making a terroristic threat.

1. A person is guilty of making a terroristic threat when with intent
to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a
unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of
a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he or she
threatens to commit or cause to be committed a specified offense and
thereby causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent
commission of such offense.

2. It shall be no defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section
that the defendant did not have the intent or capability of committing
the specified offense or that the threat was not made to a person who
was a subject thereof.

Making a terroristic threat is a class D felony.