{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "240.26", "citation": "Penal Law § 240.26", "heading": "Harassment in the second degree", "text": ["§ 240.26 Harassment in the second degree.", "A person is guilty of harassment in the second degree when, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person:", "1. He or she strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects such other person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same; or", "2. He or she follows a person in or about a public place or places; or", "3. He or she engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and which serve no legitimate purpose.", "Subdivisions two and three of this section shall not apply to activities regulated by the national labor relations act, as amended, the railway labor act, as amended, or the federal employment labor management act, as amended.", "Harassment in the second degree is a violation."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/240.26", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "With intent to harass, annoy, or alarm, a person commits second-degree harassment by:\n- **(1)** **Making, attempting, or threatening physical contact**;\n- **(2)** Following someone in public; or\n- **(3)** Repeatedly acting without legitimate purpose in a way that alarms or seriously annoys the person. ★\nParts **(2) and (3)** exclude activity regulated by the listed federal labor laws. The offense is a **violation**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/240.26", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}