§ 240.50  Falsely reporting an incident in the third degree.
  A  person  is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree
when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be  false
or baseless, he:
  1.   Initiates  or  circulates  a  false  report or warning of an alleged
occurrence or impending occurrence of a  crime,  catastrophe  or  emergency
under  circumstances  in  which  it  is  not  unlikely that public alarm or
inconvenience will result; or
  2.   Reports,  by word or action, to an official or quasi-official agency
or organization having the function of dealing with  emergencies  involving
danger  to  life or property, an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence
of a catastrophe or emergency which did not in fact occur or  does  not  in
fact exist; or
  3.   Gratuitously  reports to a law enforcement officer or agency (a) the
alleged occurrence of an offense or incident which did not in  fact  occur;
or (b) an allegedly impending occurrence of an offense or incident which in
fact is not about to occur; or (c) false information relating to an  actual
offense or incident or to the alleged implication of some person therein; or
 4.  Reports, by word or action, to the statewide central register of child
abuse and maltreatment, as defined in title  six  of  article  six  of  the
social  services  law, an alleged occurrence or condition of child abuse or
maltreatment which did not in fact occur or exist.

  Falsely  reporting  an  incident  in  the  third  degree  is  a  class  A
misdemeanor.
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• knowing information... to be false or baseless
• initiates or circulates false report or warning
• of alleged... or impending crime, catastrophe or emergency
• under circumstances... public alarm or inconvenience will result

LIO

• knowing information... to be false or baseless
• reports... to agency or organization... dealing with emergencies
• alleged... or impending (false) catastrophe or emergency

LIO

• knowing information... to be false or baseless
• gratuitously reports to law enforcement...
• alleged... (false) offense or incident

LIO

• knowing information... to be false or baseless
• gratuitously reports to law enforcement...
• alleged... (false) impending offense or incident

LIO

• knowing information... to be false or baseless
• gratuitously reports to law enforcement...
• false information relating to actual offense or incident...

LIO

• knowing information... to be false or baseless
• reports... to statewide child abuse register
• alleged... (false) child abuse

LIO