N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-2711

§ 71-2711. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the\n fourth degree.\n A person is guilty of endangering public health, safety or the\nenvironment in the fourth degree when:\n 1. With criminal negligence, he engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of a substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the\nenvironment; or\n 2. With criminal negligence, he engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of more than one hundred gallons or one thousand pounds,\nwhichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance\nhazardous to public health, safety or the environment; or\n 3. He knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the\nenvironment.\n Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth\ndegree is a class A misdemeanor.\n