The following excerpt is from People v. Weaver, 16 N.Y.3d 123, 2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 00745, 919 N.Y.S.2d 99, 944 N.E.2d 634 (N.Y. 2011):
to the exclusion of the risk that it might come to pass, ignores the very terms of the statute itself (emphasis omitted) ]; People v. Kennedy, 19 N.Y.2d 761, 762, 279 N.Y.S.2d 360, 226 N.E.2d 186 [1967] [It is enough that disorder was threatened by defendant's conduct] ).
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