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N.Y. Penal Law § 240.32 — Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual

Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)

Part of Article 240: Offenses Against Public Order, New York Penal Law.

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Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 240.32

Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.

N.Y. Penal Law § 240.32Primary source, current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
240.32 Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual. An incarcerated individual or respondent is guilty of aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm a person in a facility whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be an employee of such facility or the board of parole or the office of mental health, or a probation department, bureau or unit or a police officer, he or she causes or attempts to cause such employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl, by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material. For purposes of this section, "incarcerated individual" means an incarcerated individual or detainee in a correctional facility, local correctional facility or a hospital, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction law. For purposes of this section, "respondent" means a juvenile in a secure facility operated and maintained by the office of children and family services who is placed with or committed to the office of children and family services. For purposes of this section, "facility" means a correctional facility or local correctional facility, hospital, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction law, or a secure facility operated and maintained by the office of children and family services. Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual is a class E felony.

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What class of felony is aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual in New York?

Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual is a Class E Felony in New York under N.Y. Penal Law § 240.32.

Which New York statute covers aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual?

Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual is governed by N.Y. Penal Law § 240.32 (Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.