People v. Berardi

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gabriel W. Gorenstein, J.

The defendant is charged with disorderly conduct (Penal Law § 240.20 [5]) and resisting arrest (Penal Law § 205.30). It appears from the record that the defendant and others were in front of Macy’s department store engaged in a protest regarding the sale of fur apparel. The information charges that the defendant and one other person were “in front of the doorway of [Macy’s] laying down [sic] while chained to each other with steel pipes and chains * * * [T]he above-mentioned conduct did block the doorway of the * * * location, thereby obstructing…