Nassau County Bribery Attorney

  A person is guilty of bribery in the third degree when he confers, or
offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a public servant upon an
agreement or understanding that such public servant`s vote, opinion,
judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant
will thereby be influenced.
  Bribery in the third degree is a class D felony.

  A person is guilty of bribery in the second degree when he confers, or
offers or agrees to confer, any benefit valued in excess of ten thousand
dollars upon a public servant upon an agreement or understanding that
such public servant`s vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or
exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.
  Bribery in the second degree is a class C felony.

  A person is guilty of bribery in the first degree when he confers, or
offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a public servant upon an
agreement or understanding that such public servant`s vote, opinion,
judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant
will thereby be influenced in the investigation, arrest, detention,
prosecution or incarceration of any person for the commission or alleged
commission of a class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of
the penal law or an attempt to commit any such class A felony.
  Bribery in the first degree is a class B felony.

  In any prosecution for bribery, it is a defense that the defendant
conferred or agreed to confer the benefit involved upon the public
servant involved as a result of conduct of the latter constituting
larceny committed by means of extortion, or an attempt to commit the
same, or coercion, or an attempt to commit coercion.

  A public servant is guilty of bribe receiving in the third degree when
he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person
upon an agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, judgment,
action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will
thereby be influenced.
  Bribe receiving in the third degree is a class D felony.

  A public servant is guilty of bribe receiving in the second degree
when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit valued in
excess of ten thousand dollars from another person upon an agreement or
understanding that his vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or
exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.
  Bribe receiving in the second degree is a class C felony.

  A public servant is guilty of bribe receiving in the first degree when
he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person
upon an agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, judgment,
action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will
thereby be influenced in the investigation, arrest, detention,
prosecution or incarceration of any person for the commission or alleged
commission of a class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of
the penal law or an attempt to commit any such class A felony.
  Bribe receiving in the first degree is a class B felony.

  1. The crimes of (a) bribe receiving, and (b) larceny committed by
means of extortion, attempt to commit the same, coercion and attempt to
commit coercion, are not mutually exclusive, and it is no defense to a
prosecution for bribe receiving that, by reason of the same conduct, the
defendant also committed one of such other specified crimes.
  2. It is no defense to a prosecution pursuant to the provisions of
this article that the public servant did not have power or authority to
perform the act or omission for which the alleged bribe, gratuity or
reward was given.

  A person is guilty of rewarding official misconduct in the second
degree when he knowingly confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any
benefit upon a public servant for having violated his duty as a public
servant.
  Rewarding official misconduct in the second degree is a class E felony.

  A person is guilty of rewarding official misconduct in the first
degree when he knowingly confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any
benefit upon a public servant for having violated his duty as a public
servant in the investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution, or
incarceration of any person for the commission or alleged commission of
a class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law
or the attempt to commit any such class A felony.
  Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.

  A public servant is guilty of receiving reward for official misconduct
in the second degree when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any
benefit from another person for having violated his duty as a public
servant.
  Receiving reward for official misconduct in the second degree is a class E felony.

  A public servant is guilty of receiving reward for official misconduct
in the first degree when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any
benefit from another person for having violated his duty as a public
servant in the investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution, or
incarceration of any person for the commission or alleged commission of
a class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law
or the attempt to commit any such class A felony.
  Receiving reward for official misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.

  A person is guilty of giving unlawful gratuities when he knowingly
confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a public
servant for having engaged in official conduct which he was required or
authorized to perform, and for which he was not entitled to any special
or additional compensation.
  Giving unlawful gratuities is a class A misdemeanor.

  A public servant is guilty of receiving unlawful gratuities when he
solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit for having engaged in
official conduct which he was required or authorized to perform, and for
which he was not entitled to any special or additional compensation.
  Receiving unlawful gratuities is a class A misdemeanor.

  As used in sections 200.45 and 200.50, "party officer" means a person
who holds any position or office in a political party, whether by
election, appointment or otherwise.

  A person is guilty of bribe giving for public office when he confers,
or offers or agrees to confer, any money or other property upon a public
servant or a party officer upon an agreement or understanding that some
person will or may be appointed to a public office or designated or
nominated as a candidate for public office.
  Bribe giving for public office is a class D felony.

  A public servant or a party officer is guilty of bribe receiving for
public office when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any money or
other property from another person upon an agreement or understanding
that some person will or may be appointed to a public office or
designated or nominated as a candidate for public office.
  Bribe receiving for public office is a class D felony.

  A person  is  guilty  of  impairing  the  integrity  of  a  government
licensing  examination when, with intent to obtain a benefit for himself
or herself, or for another person, he or she:
  1.  Wrongfully  alters or changes an applicant's grade on a government
licensing examination; or
  2. Causes  any  false  or  inaccurate  grade  to  be  entered  into  a
government licensing registry; or
  3.  Provides answers, with an intent to wrongfully benefit another, to
current questions on a pending government licensing examination; or
  4. Wrongfully provides a copy of a  current  test  used  to  determine
competence in a licensed profession, trade, craft or other vocation.
  Impairing  the  integrity  of  a government licensing examination is a
class D felony.
  Impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination is a class D felony.

  A person is guilty of commercial bribing in the second degree when he
confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any employee,
agent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter`s employer or
principal, with intent to influence his conduct in relation to his
employer`s or principal`s affairs.
  Commercial bribing in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

  A person is guilty of commercial bribing in the first degree when he
confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any employee,
agent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter`s employer or
principal, with intent to influence his conduct in relation to his
employer`s or principal`s affairs, and when the value of the benefit
conferred or offered or agreed to be conferred exceeds one thousand
dollars and causes economic harm to the employer or principal in an
amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars.
  Commercial bribing in the first degree is a class E felony.

  An employee, agent or fiduciary is guilty of commercial bribe
receiving in the second degree when, without the consent of his employer
or principal, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from
another person upon an agreement or understanding that such benefit will
influence his conduct in relation to his employer`s or principal`s
affairs.
  Commercial bribe receiving in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

  An employee, agent or fiduciary is guilty of commercial bribe
receiving in the first degree when, without the consent of his employer
or principal, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from
another person upon an agreement or understanding that such benefit will
influence his conduct in relation to his employer`s or principal`s
affairs, and when the value of the benefit solicited, accepted or agreed
to be accepted exceeds one thousand dollars and causes economic harm to
the employer or principal in an amount exceeding two hundred fifty
dollars.
  Commercial bribe receiving in the first degree is a class E felony.

  As used in this article, "labor official" means any duly appointed
representative of a labor organization or any duly appointed trustee or
representative of an employee welfare trust fund.

  A person is guilty of bribing a labor official when, with intent to
influence a labor official in respect to any of his acts, decisions or
duties as such labor official, he confers, or offers or agrees to
confer, any benefit upon him.
  Bribing a labor official is a class D felony.

  In any prosecution for bribing a labor official, it is a defense that
the defendant conferred or agreed to confer the benefit involved upon
the labor official as a result of conduct of the latter constituting
larceny committed by means of extortion, or an attempt to commit the
same, or coercion, or an attempt to commit coercion.

  A labor official is guilty of bribe receiving by a labor official when
he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person
upon an agreement or understanding that such benefit will influence him
in respect to any of his acts, decisions, or duties as such labor
official.
  Bribe receiving by a labor official is a class D felony.

  The crimes of (a) bribe receiving by a labor official, and (b) larceny
committed by means of extortion, attempt to commit the same, coercion or
attempt to commit coercion, are not mutually exclusive, and it is no
defense to a prosecution for bribe receiving by a labor official that,
by reason of the same conduct, the defendant also committed one of such
other specified crimes.

  As used in this article:
  1. "Sports contest" means any professional or amateur sport or
athletic game or contest viewed by the public.
  2. "Sports participant" means any person who participates or expects
to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant or member of
a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer or other person directly
associated with a player, contestant or team.
  3. "Sports official" means any person who acts or expects to act in a
sports contest as an umpire, referee, judge or otherwise to officiate at
a sports contest.
  4. "Pari-mutuel betting" is such betting as is authorized under the
provisions of the pari-mutuel revenue law as set forth in chapter 254 of
the laws of 1940 with amendments.
  5. "Pari-mutuel horse race" means any horse race upon which betting is
conducted under the provisions of the pari-mutuel revenue law as set
forth in chapter 254 of the laws of 1940.

  A person is guilty of sports bribing when he:
  1. Confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a sports
participant with intent to influence him not to give his best efforts in
a sports contest; or
  2. Confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a sports
official with intent to influence him to perform his duties improperly.
  Sports bribing is a class D felony.

  A person is guilty of sports bribe receiving when:
  1. Being a sports participant, he solicits, accepts or agrees to
accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or
understanding that he will thereby be influenced not to give his best
efforts in a sports contest; or
  2. Being a sports official, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept
any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that
he will perform his duties improperly.
  Sports bribe receiving is a class E felony.

  A person is guilty of tampering with a sports contest when, with
intent to influence the outcome of a sports contest, he tampers with any
sports participant, sports official or with any animal or equipment or
other thing involved in the conduct or operation of a sports contest in
a manner contrary to the rules and usages purporting to govern such a
contest.
  Tampering with a sports contest in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

  A person is guilty of tampering with a sports contest in the first
degree when, with intent to influence the outcome of a pari-mutuel horse
race:
  1. He affects any equine animal involved in the conduct or operation
of a pari-mutuel horse race by administering to the animal in any manner
whatsoever any controlled substance listed in section thirty-three
hundred six of the public health law; or
  2. He knowingly enters or furnishes to another person for entry or
brings into this state for entry into a pari-mutuel horse race, or rides
or drives in any pari-mutuel horse race any running, trotting or pacing
horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly under an assumed name, or
deceptively out of its proper class, or that has been painted or
disguised or represented to be any other or different horse, mare,
gelding, colt or filly from that which it actually is; or
  3. He knowingly and falsely registers with the jockey club, United
States trotting association, American quarterhorse association or
national steeplechase and hunt association a horse, mare, gelding, colt
or filly previously registered under a different name; or
  4. He agrees with one or more persons to enter such misrepresented or
drugged animal in a pari-mutuel horse race. A person shall not be
convicted of a violation of this subdivision unless an overt act is
alleged and proved to have been committed by one of said persons in
furtherance of said agreement.
  Tampering with a sports contest in the first degree is a class E felony.

  A person is guilty of impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting
system in the second degree when, with the intent to obtain either any
payment for himself or for a third person or with the intent to defraud
any person he:
  1. Alters, changes or interferes with any equipment or device used in
connection with pari-mutuel betting; or
  2. Causes any false, inaccurate, delayed or unauthorized data, impulse
or signal to be fed into, or transmitted over, or registered in or
displayed upon any equipment or device used in connection with
pari-mutuel betting.
  Impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system
  in the second
degree is a class E felony.

A person is guilty of impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting
system in the first degree when, with the intent to obtain either any
payment for himself or for a third person or with the intent to defraud
any person, and when the value of the payment exceeds one thousand five
hundred dollars he:
  1. Alters, changes or interferes with any equipment or device used in
connection with pari-mutuel betting; or
  2. Causes any false, inaccurate, delayed or unauthorized data, impulse
or signal to be fed into, or transmitted over, or registered in or
displayed upon any equipment or device used in connection with
pari-mutuel betting.
  Impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system in the first
degree is a class D felony.

  As used in this article, "lawful rental and other lawful charges"
means registered, reported or contracted for rent pursuant to chapter
four hundred three of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-three, article
two of the private housing finance law or section eight of the federal
housing act of nineteen hundred sixty-eight, or, rent contained in a
court approved stipulation of settlement, even if such rent or charges
are subsequently decreased by order of the department of housing and
community renewal or a court of competent jurisdiction.

  A person is guilty of rent gouging in the third degree when, in
connection with the leasing, rental or use of real property, he
solicits, accepts or agrees to accept from a person some consideration
of value, less than two hundred fifty dollars, in addition to lawful
rental and other lawful charges, upon an agreement or understanding that
the furnishing of such consideration will increase the possibility that
any person may obtain or renew the lease, rental or use of such
property, or that a failure to furnish it will decrease the possibility
that any person may obtain or renew the same.
  Rent gouging in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor.

  A person is guilty of rent gouging in the second degree when, in
connection with the leasing, rental or use of real property, he
solicits, accepts or agrees to accept from a person some consideration
of value, of two hundred fifty dollars or more, in addition to lawful
rental and other lawful charges, upon an agreement or understanding that
the furnishing of such consideration will increase the possibility that
any person may obtain or renew the lease, rental or use of such
property, or that a failure to furnish it will decrease the possibility
that any person may obtain or renew the same.
  Rent gouging in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

  A person is guilty of rent gouging in the first degree when, in the
course of a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing course of conduct
in connection with the leasing, rental or use of three or more apartment
units, the rental price of which is regulated pursuant to the provisions
of federal, state or local law, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept
from one or more persons in three separate transactions some
consideration of value, knowing that such consideration is in addition
to lawful rental and other lawful charges established pursuant to the
provisions of such federal, state or local law, and upon an agreement or
understanding that the furnishing of such consideration will increase
the possibility that any person may obtain or renew the lease, rental or
use of such property, or that a failure to furnish it will decrease the
possibility that any person may obtain or renew same, and thereby
obtains such consideration from one or more persons.
  Rent gouging in the first degree is a class E felony.