N.Y. Penal Law § 190.50

§ 190.50 Unlawful collection practices.\n A person is guilty of unlawful collection practices when, with intent\nto enforce a claim or judgment for money or property, he knowingly\nsends, mails or delivers to another person a notice, document or other\ninstrument which has no judicial or official sanction and which in its\nformat or appearance, simulates a summons, complaint, court order or\nprocess, or an insignia, seal or printed form of a federal, state or\nlocal government or an instrumentality thereof, or is otherwise\ncalculated to induce a belief that such notice, document or instrument\nhas a judicial or official sanction.\n Unlawful collection practices is a class B misdemeanor.\n