Bribery; defense

N.Y. Penal Law § 200.05, under Bribery Involving Public Servants and Related Offenses.

N.Y. Penal Law § 200.05

§ 200.05 Bribery; defense. 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.