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N.Y. Penal Law § 200.35 Receiving unlawful gratuities
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§ 200.35 Receiving unlawful gratuities. 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 t…
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.40 Bribe giving and bribe receiving for public office; definition of term
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§ 200.40 Bribe giving and bribe receiving for public office; definition of term. 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.
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.45 Bribe giving for public office
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§ 200.45 Bribe giving for public office. 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 ap…
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.50 Bribe receiving for public office
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§ 200.50 Bribe receiving for public office. 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…
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.55 Impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination
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§ 200.55 Impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination. 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 chan…
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.56 Corrupt use of position or authority
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§ 200.56 Corrupt use of position or authority. A person is guilty of corrupt use of position or authority if such person: 1. While holding public office, or being nominated or seeking a nomination therefor, corruptly uses or promises to use, directly, or indirectly, any official …
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.00 Escape and other offenses relating to custody; definitions of terms
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§ 205.00 Escape and other offenses relating to custody; definitions of terms. The following definitions are applicable to this article: 1. "Detention Facility" means any place used for the confinement, pursuant to an order of a court, of a person (a) charged with or convicted of …
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.05 Escape in the third degree
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§ 205.05 Escape in the third degree. A person is guilty of escape in the third degree when he escapes from custody. Escape in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.10 Escape in the second degree
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§ 205.10 Escape in the second degree. A person is guilty of escape in the second degree when: 1. He escapes from a detention facility; or 2. Having been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a class C, class D or class E felony, he escapes from custody; or 3. Having been adj…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.15 Escape in the first degree
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§ 205.15 Escape in the first degree. A person is guilty of escape in the first degree when: 1. Having been charged with or convicted of a felony, he escapes from a detention facility; or 2. Having been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a class A or class B felony, he esc…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.16 Absconding from temporary release in the second degree
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* § 205.16 Absconding from temporary release in the second degree. A person is guilty of absconding from temporary release in the second degree when having been released from confinement in a correctional institution or division for youth facility to participate in a program of w…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.17 Absconding from temporary release in the first degree
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* § 205.17 Absconding from temporary release in the first degree. A person is guilty of absconding from temporary release in the first degree when having been released from confinement in a correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections and…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.18 Absconding from a furlough program
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* § 205.18 Absconding from a furlough program. A person is guilty of absconding from a furlough program when, having been released from confinement in an institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of correction in a city having a population of one million or more or o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.19 Absconding from a community treatment facility
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* § 205.19 Absconding from a community treatment facility. A person is guilty of absconding from a community treatment facility when having been released from confinement from a correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections and community s…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.20 Promoting prison contraband in the second degree
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§ 205.20 Promoting prison contraband in the second degree. A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband in the second degree when: 1. He knowingly and unlawfully introduces any contraband into a detention facility; or 2. Being a person confined in a detention facility, he kn…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.25 Promoting prison contraband in the first degree
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§ 205.25 Promoting prison contraband in the first degree. A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband in the first degree when: 1. He knowingly and unlawfully introduces any dangerous contraband into a detention facility; or 2. Being a person confined in a detention facilit…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.30 Resisting arrest
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§ 205.30 Resisting arrest. A person is guilty of resisting arrest when he intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting an authorized arrest of himself or another person. Resisting arrest is a class A misdemeanor.
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.35 Evading arrest by concealment of identity
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§ 205.35 Evading arrest by concealment of identity. A person is guilty of evading arrest by concealment of identity when, in the course of the commission of a felony or class A misdemeanor or in the immediate flight therefrom, such person wears a mask or facial covering or otherw…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.50 Hindering prosecution; definition of term
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§ 205.50 Hindering prosecution; definition of term. As used in sections 205.55, 205.60 and 205.65, a person "renders criminal assistance" when, with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the discovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal charge against, a person who he k…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.55 Hindering prosecution in the third degree
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§ 205.55 Hindering prosecution in the third degree. A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the third degree when he renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed a felony. Hindering prosecution in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.60 Hindering prosecution in the second degree
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§ 205.60 Hindering prosecution in the second degree. A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the second degree when he renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed a class B or class C felony. Hindering prosecution in the second degree is a class E felony. …
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.65 Hindering prosecution in the first degree
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§ 205.65 Hindering prosecution in the first degree. A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the first degree when he renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed a class A felony, knowing or believing that such person has engaged in conduct constituting a clas…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.00 Perjury and related offenses; definitions of terms
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§ 210.00 Perjury and related offenses; definitions of terms. The following definitions are applicable to this article: 1. "Oath" includes an affirmation and every other mode authorized by law of attesting to the truth of that which is stated. 2. "Swear" means to state under oath.…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.05 Perjury in the third degree
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§ 210.05 Perjury in the third degree. A person is guilty of perjury in the third degree when he swears falsely. Perjury in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.10 Perjury in the second degree
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§ 210.10 Perjury in the second degree. A person is guilty of perjury in the second degree when he swears falsely and when his false statement is (a) made in a subscribed written instrument for which an oath is required by law, and (b) made with intent to mislead a public servant …
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.15 Perjury in the first degree
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§ 210.15 Perjury in the first degree. A person is guilty of perjury in the first degree when he swears falsely and when his false statement (a) consists of testimony, and (b) is material to the action, proceeding or matter in which it is made. Perjury in the first degree is a cla…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.20 Perjury; pleading and proof where inconsistent statements involved
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§ 210.20 Perjury; pleading and proof where inconsistent statements involved. Where a person has made two statements under oath which are inconsistent to the degree that one of them is necessarily false, where the circumstances are such that each statement, if false, is perjurious…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.25 Perjury; defense
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§ 210.25 Perjury; defense. In any prosecution for perjury, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant retracted his false statement in the course of the proceeding in which it was made before such false statement substantially affected the proceeding and before it became man…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.30 Perjury; no defense
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§ 210.30 Perjury; no defense. It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that: 1. The defendant was not competent to make the false statement alleged; or 2. The defendant mistakenly believed the false statement to be immaterial; or 3. The oath was administered or taken in an i…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.35 Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree
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§ 210.35 Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree. A person is guilty of making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree when (a) he subscribes a written instrument knowing that it contains a statement which is in fact false and which he doe…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.40 Making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree
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§ 210.40 Making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree. A person is guilty of making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree when he commits the crime of making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree, and when (a) the written ins…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.45 Making a punishable false written statement
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§ 210.45 Making a punishable false written statement. A person is guilty of making a punishable false written statement when he knowingly makes a false statement, which he does not believe to be true, in a written instrument bearing a legally authorized form notice to the effect …
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.50 Perjury and related offenses; requirement of corroboration
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§ 210.50 Perjury and related offenses; requirement of corroboration. In any prosecution for perjury, except a prosecution based upon inconsistent statements pursuant to section 210.20, or in any prosecution for making an apparently sworn false statement, or making a punishable fa…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.00 Bribing a witness
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§ 215.00 Bribing a witness. A person is guilty of bribing a witness when he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a witness or a person about to be called as a witness in any action or proceeding upon an agreement or understanding that (a) the testimony of such…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.05 Bribe receiving by a witness
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§ 215.05 Bribe receiving by a witness. A witness or a person about to be called as a witness in any action or proceeding is guilty of bribe receiving by a witness when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.10 Tampering with a witness in the fourth degree
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§ 215.10 Tampering with a witness in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of tampering with a witness when, knowing that a person is or is about to be called as a witness in an action or proceeding, (a) he wrongfully induces or attempts to induce such person to absent himself fr…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.11 Tampering with a witness in the third degree
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§ 215.11 Tampering with a witness in the third degree. A person is guilty of tampering with a witness in the third degree when, knowing that a person is about to be called as a witness in a criminal proceeding: 1. He wrongfully compels or attempts to compel such person to absent …
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.12 Tampering with a witness in the second degree
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§ 215.12 Tampering with a witness in the second degree. A person is guilty of tampering with a witness in the second degree when he: 1. Intentionally causes physical injury to a person for the purpose of obstructing, delaying, preventing or impeding the giving of testimony in a c…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.13 Tampering with a witness in the first degree
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§ 215.13 Tampering with a witness in the first degree. A person is guilty of tampering with a witness in the first degree when: 1. He intentionally causes serious physical injury to a person for the purpose of obstructing, delaying, preventing or impeding the giving of testimony …
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.14 Employer unlawfully penalizing witness or victim
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§ 215.14 Employer unlawfully penalizing witness or victim. 1. Any person who is the victim of an offense upon which an accusatory instrument is based or, is subpoenaed to attend a criminal proceeding as a witness pursuant to article six hundred ten of the criminal procedure law o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.15 Intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree
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§ 215.15 Intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree. A person is guilty of intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree when, knowing that another person possesses information relating to a criminal transaction and other than in the course of that criminal trans…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.16 Intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree
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§ 215.16 Intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree. A person is guilty of intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree when, other than in the course of that criminal transaction or immediate flight therefrom, he: 1. Intentionally causes physical injury to an…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.17 Intimidating a victim or witness in the first degree
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§ 215.17 Intimidating a victim or witness in the first degree. A person is guilty of intimidating a victim or witness in the first degree when, other than in the course of that criminal transaction or immediate flight therefrom, he: 1. Intentionally causes serious physical injury…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.19 Bribing a juror
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§ 215.19 Bribing a juror. A person is guilty of bribing a juror when he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a juror upon an agreement or understanding that such juror's vote, opinion, judgment, decision or other action as a juror will thereby be influenced. B…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.20 Bribe receiving by a juror
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§ 215.20 Bribe receiving by a juror. A juror is guilty of bribe receiving by a juror when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, judgment, decision or other action as a juror will thereby…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.22 Providing a juror with a gratuity
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§ 215.22 Providing a juror with a gratuity. A person is guilty of providing a juror with a gratuity when he or she, having been a party in a concluded civil or criminal action or proceeding or having been a person with regard to whom a grand jury has taken action pursuant to any …
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.23 Tampering with a juror in the second degree
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§ 215.23 Tampering with a juror in the second degree. A person is guilty of tampering with a juror in the second degree when, prior to discharge of the jury, he: 1. confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any payment or benefit upon a juror or upon a third person acting on behalf…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.25 Tampering with a juror in the first degree
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§ 215.25 Tampering with a juror in the first degree. A person is guilty of tampering with a juror in the first degree when, with intent to influence the outcome of an action or proceeding, he communicates with a juror in such action or proceeding, except as authorized by law. Tam…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.28 Misconduct by a juror in the second degree
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§ 215.28 Misconduct by a juror in the second degree. A person is guilty of misconduct by a juror in the second degree when, in relation to an action or proceeding pending or about to be brought before him and prior to discharge, he accepts or agrees to accept any payment or benef…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.30 Misconduct by a juror in the first degree
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§ 215.30 Misconduct by a juror in the first degree. A juror is guilty of misconduct by a juror in the first degree when, in relation to an action or proceeding pending or about to be brought before him, he agrees to give a vote, opinion, judgment, decision or report for or agains…