The Penal Code of the State of New York. In Force December 1, 1882, as Amended by Laws of 1882 and 1883 with Notes of Decisions and a Full Index Vol. 6 Page 98, Image 104 (1883) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

Discharging Firearms in Public Places, § 468. A person, who willfully discharges any species of firearms, air-gun, or other weapon, or throws any deadly missile in any public place, or in any place where there is any person to be endangered thereby, although no injury to any person shall ensue, is guilty of a misdemeanor.