Section 490.01. Liability protection

1.  Any person who makes a qualified disclosure of suspicious behavior
  shall be immune from civil and criminal  liability  for  reporting  such
  behavior.
    2.  For  purposes of this article, "qualified disclosure of suspicious
  behavior" means any  disclosure  of  allegedly  suspicious  behavior  of
  another  individual  or  individuals  to any person that is made in good
  faith and with the  reasonable  belief  that  such  suspicious  behavior
  constitutes, is indicative of, or is in furtherance of a crime or an act
  of terrorism.
    3.  An  action  alleging that a statement or disclosure by a person of
  any suspicious transaction, activity or occurrence  indicating  that  an
  individual  may  be  engaging  in  or  preparing to engage in suspicious
  behavior which constitutes, is indicative of, or is in furtherance of, a
  crime or an act of terrorism was not made in good  faith  and  with  the
  reasonable   belief   that  such  suspicious  behavior  constitutes,  is
  indicative of, or is in furtherance of, a crime or an act  of  terrorism
  must  be  pled  with  particularity  pursuant to subdivision (b) of rule
  three thousand sixteen of the civil practice law and rules.