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N.Y. Penal Law § 200.35 Receiving unlawful gratuities
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§ 200.35 Receiving unlawful gratuities.\n A public servant is guilty of receiving unlawful gratuities when he\nsolicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit for having engaged in\nofficial conduct which he was required or authorized to perform, and for\nwhich he was not entit…
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\n of term.\n As used in sections 200.45 and 200.50, "party officer" means a person\nwho holds any position or office in a political party, whether by\nelection, appointment or otherwise.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.45 Bribe giving for public office
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§ 200.45 Bribe giving for public office.\n A person is guilty of bribe giving for public office when he confers,\nor offers or agrees to confer, any money or other property upon a public\nservant or a party officer upon an agreement or understanding that some\nperson will or may …
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.50 Bribe receiving for public office
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§ 200.50 Bribe receiving for public office.\n A public servant or a party officer is guilty of bribe receiving for\npublic office when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any money or\nother property from another person upon an agreement or understanding\nthat some person wi…
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.\n A person is guilty of impairing the integrity of a government\nlicensing examination when, with intent to obtain a benefit for himself\nor herself, or for another person, he or she:\n 1. Wrongfully alters o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.56 Corrupt use of position or authority
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§ 200.56 Corrupt use of position or authority.\n A person is guilty of corrupt use of position or authority if such\nperson:\n 1. While holding public office, or being nominated or seeking a\nnomination therefor, corruptly uses or promises to use, directly, or\nindirectly, any of…
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\n terms.\n The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n 1. "Detention Facility" means any place used for the confinement,\npursuant to an order of a court, of a person (a) charged with or\nconvi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.05 Escape in the third degree
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§ 205.05 Escape in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of escape in the third degree when he escapes from\ncustody.\n Escape in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.10 Escape in the second degree
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§ 205.10 Escape in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of escape in the second degree when:\n 1. He escapes from a detention facility; or\n 2. Having been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a class C,\nclass D or class E felony, he escapes from custody; or\n 3. Having…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.15 Escape in the first degree
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§ 205.15 Escape in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of escape in the first degree when:\n 1. Having been charged with or convicted of a felony, he escapes from\na detention facility; or\n 2. Having been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a class A or\nclass B felony…
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.\n A person is guilty of absconding from temporary release in the second\ndegree when having been released from confinement in a correctional\ninstitution or division for youth facility to participate in a program\…
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.\n A person is guilty of absconding from temporary release in the first\ndegree when having been released from confinement in a correctional\ninstitution under the jurisdiction of the state department of\ncorrection…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.18 Absconding from a furlough program
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* § 205.18 Absconding from a furlough program.\n A person is guilty of absconding from a furlough program when, having\nbeen released from confinement in an institution under the jurisdiction\nof the commissioner of correction in a city having a population of one\nmillion or more…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.19 Absconding from a community treatment facility
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* § 205.19 Absconding from a community treatment facility.\n A person is guilty of absconding from a community treatment facility\nwhen having been released from confinement from a correctional\ninstitution under the jurisdiction of the state department of\ncorrections and commun…
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.\n A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband in the second degree\nwhen:\n 1. He knowingly and unlawfully introduces any contraband into a\ndetention facility; or\n 2. Being a person confined in a detention facilit…
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.\n A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband in the first degree\nwhen:\n 1. He knowingly and unlawfully introduces any dangerous contraband\ninto a detention facility; or\n 2. Being a person confined in a detention…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.30 Resisting arrest
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§ 205.30 Resisting arrest.\n A person is guilty of resisting arrest when he intentionally prevents\nor attempts to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting\nan authorized arrest of himself or another person.\n Resisting arrest is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.35 Evading arrest by concealment of identity
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§ 205.35 Evading arrest by concealment of identity.\n A person is guilty of evading arrest by concealment of identity when,\nin the course of the commission of a felony or class A misdemeanor or in\nthe immediate flight therefrom, such person wears a mask or facial\ncovering or o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.50 Hindering prosecution; definition of term
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§ 205.50 Hindering prosecution; definition of term.\n As used in sections 205.55, 205.60 and 205.65, a person "renders\ncriminal assistance" when, with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the\ndiscovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal charge\nagainst, a person who…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.55 Hindering prosecution in the third degree
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§ 205.55 Hindering prosecution in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the third degree when\nhe renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed a felony.\n Hindering prosecution in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.60 Hindering prosecution in the second degree
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§ 205.60 Hindering prosecution in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the second degree when\nhe renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed a class B\nor class C felony.\n Hindering prosecution in the second degree is a class E felon…
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.65 Hindering prosecution in the first degree
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§ 205.65 Hindering prosecution in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the first degree when\nhe renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed a class A\nfelony, knowing or believing that such person has engaged in conduct\nconstituting a…
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.\n The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n 1. "Oath" includes an affirmation and every other mode authorized by\nlaw of attesting to the truth of that which is stated.\n 2. "Swear" means to state unde…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.05 Perjury in the third degree
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§ 210.05 Perjury in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of perjury in the third degree when he swears\nfalsely.\n Perjury in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.10 Perjury in the second degree
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§ 210.10 Perjury in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of perjury in the second degree when he swears\nfalsely and when his false statement is (a) made in a subscribed written\ninstrument for which an oath is required by law, and (b) made with\nintent to mislead a public ser…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.15 Perjury in the first degree
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§ 210.15 Perjury in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of perjury in the first degree when he swears\nfalsely and when his false statement (a) consists of testimony, and (b)\nis material to the action, proceeding or matter in which it is made.\n Perjury in the first degree is…
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\n involved.\n Where a person has made two statements under oath which are\ninconsistent to the degree that one of them is necessarily false, where\nthe circumstances are such that each statement, if false, is\nper…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.25 Perjury; defense
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§ 210.25 Perjury; defense.\n In any prosecution for perjury, it is an affirmative defense that the\ndefendant retracted his false statement in the course of the proceeding\nin which it was made before such false statement substantially affected\nthe proceeding and before it becam…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.30 Perjury; no defense
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§ 210.30 Perjury; no defense.\n It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that:\n 1. The defendant was not competent to make the false statement\nalleged; or\n 2. The defendant mistakenly believed the false statement to be\nimmaterial; or\n 3. The oath was administered or tak…
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\n degree.\n A person is guilty of making an apparently sworn false statement in\nthe second degree when (a) he subscribes a written instrument knowing\nthat it contains a statement which is in fact false and which …
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.\n A person is guilty of making an apparently sworn false statement in\nthe first degree when he commits the crime of making an apparently sworn\nfalse statement in the second degree, and when (a) the written…
N.Y. Penal Law § 210.45 Making a punishable false written statement
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§ 210.45 Making a punishable false written statement.\n A person is guilty of making a punishable false written statement when\nhe knowingly makes a false statement, which he does not believe to be\ntrue, in a written instrument bearing a legally authorized form notice\nto the ef…
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.\n In any prosecution for perjury, except a prosecution based upon\ninconsistent statements pursuant to section 210.20, or in any\nprosecution for making an apparently sworn false statement, or making a\npunishab…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.00 Bribing a witness
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§ 215.00 Bribing a witness.\n A person is guilty of bribing a witness when he confers, or offers or\nagrees to confer, any benefit upon a witness or a person about to be\ncalled as a witness in any action or proceeding upon an agreement or\nunderstanding that (a) the testimony of…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.05 Bribe receiving by a witness
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§ 215.05 Bribe receiving by a witness.\n A witness or a person about to be called as a witness in any action or\nproceeding is guilty of bribe receiving by a witness when he solicits,\naccepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an\nagreement or understanding…
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.\n A person is guilty of tampering with a witness when, knowing that a\nperson is or is about to be called as a witness in an action or\nproceeding, (a) he wrongfully induces or attempts to induce such person\nto absent himse…
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.\n A person is guilty of tampering with a witness in the third degree\nwhen, knowing that a person is about to be called as a witness in a\ncriminal proceeding:\n 1. He wrongfully compels or attempts to compel such person to a…
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.\n A person is guilty of tampering with a witness in the second degree\nwhen he:\n 1. Intentionally causes physical injury to a person for the purpose of\nobstructing, delaying, preventing or impeding the giving of testimony …
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.\n A person is guilty of tampering with a witness in the first degree\nwhen:\n 1. He intentionally causes serious physical injury to a person for the\npurpose of obstructing, delaying, preventing or impeding the giving of\ntes…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.14 Employer unlawfully penalizing witness or victim
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§ 215.14 Employer unlawfully penalizing witness or victim.\n 1. Any person who is the victim of an offense upon which an accusatory\ninstrument is based or, is subpoenaed to attend a criminal proceeding as\na witness pursuant to article six hundred ten of the criminal procedure\n…
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.\n A person is guilty of intimidating a victim or witness in the third\ndegree when, knowing that another person possesses information relating\nto a criminal transaction and other than in the course of that criminal\n…
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.\n A person is guilty of intimidating a victim or witness in the second\ndegree when, other than in the course of that criminal transaction or\nimmediate flight therefrom, he:\n 1. Intentionally causes physical injury…
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.\n A person is guilty of intimidating a victim or witness in the first\ndegree when, other than in the course of that criminal transaction or\nimmediate flight therefrom, he:\n 1. Intentionally causes serious physical …
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.19 Bribing a juror
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§ 215.19 Bribing a juror.\n A person is guilty of bribing a juror when he confers, or offers or\nagrees to confer, any benefit upon a juror upon an agreement or\nunderstanding that such juror's vote, opinion, judgment, decision or\nother action as a juror will thereby be influenc…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.20 Bribe receiving by a juror
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§ 215.20 Bribe receiving by a juror.\n A juror is guilty of bribe receiving by a juror when he solicits,\naccepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an\nagreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, judgment, decision or\nother action as a juror will th…
N.Y. Penal Law § 215.22 Providing a juror with a gratuity
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§ 215.22 Providing a juror with a gratuity.\n A person is guilty of providing a juror with a gratuity when he or\nshe, having been a party in a concluded civil or criminal action or\nproceeding or having been a person with regard to whom a grand jury has\ntaken action pursuant to…
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.\n A person is guilty of tampering with a juror in the second degree\nwhen, prior to discharge of the jury, he:\n 1. confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any payment or benefit upon\na juror or upon a third person acting on …
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.\n A person is guilty of tampering with a juror in the first degree when,\nwith intent to influence the outcome of an action or proceeding, he\ncommunicates with a juror in such action or proceeding, except as\nauthorized by law…
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.\n A person is guilty of misconduct by a juror in the second degree when,\nin relation to an action or proceeding pending or about to be brought\nbefore him and prior to discharge, he accepts or agrees to accept any\npayment or …
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.\n A juror is guilty of misconduct by a juror in the first degree when,\nin relation to an action or proceeding pending or about to be brought\nbefore him, he agrees to give a vote, opinion, judgment, decision or\nreport for or a…