N.Y. Penal Law § 490.01

§ 490.01 Liability protection.\n 1. Any person who makes a qualified disclosure of suspicious behavior\nshall be immune from civil and criminal liability for reporting such\nbehavior.\n 2. For purposes of this article, "qualified disclosure of suspicious\nbehavior" means any disclosure of allegedly suspicious behavior of\nanother individual or individuals to any person that is made in good\nfaith and with the reasonable belief that such suspicious behavior\nconstitutes, is indicative of, or is in furtherance of a crime or an act\nof terrorism.\n 3. An action alleging that a statement or disclosure by a person of\nany suspicious transaction, activity or occurrence indicating that an\nindividual may be engaging in or preparing to engage in suspicious\nbehavior which constitutes, is indicative of, or is in furtherance of, a\ncrime or an act of terrorism was not made in good faith and with the\nreasonable belief that such suspicious behavior constitutes, is\nindicative of, or is in furtherance of, a crime or an act of terrorism\nmust be pled with particularity pursuant to subdivision (b) of rule\nthree thousand sixteen of the civil practice law and rules.\n