{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "240.06", "citation": "Penal Law § 240.06", "heading": "Riot in the first degree", "text": ["§ 240.06 Riot in the first degree.", "A person is guilty of riot in the first degree when he:", "1. Simultaneously with ten or more other persons, engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly causes or creates a grave risk of causing public alarm, and in the course of and as a result of such conduct, a person other than one of the participants suffers physical injury or substantial property damage occurs; or", "2. While in a correctional facility or a local correctional facility, as those terms are defined in subdivisions four and sixteen, respectively, of section two of the correction law, simultaneously with ten or more other persons, engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly causes or creates a grave risk of causing alarm within such correctional facility or local correctional facility and in the course of and as a result of such conduct, a person other than one of the participants suffers physical injury or substantial property damage occurs.", "Riot in the first degree is a class E felony."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/240.06", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A person commits first-degree riot by:\n- **(1)** Acting violently and tumultuously with **10 or more other people**, intentionally or recklessly causing or gravely risking public alarm, when a nonparticipant is injured or substantial property damage occurs; or\n- **(2)** Doing the same in a correctional facility, causing or gravely risking alarm there, with the same injury or damage result. ★\nThe offense is a **class E felony**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/240.06", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}