N.Y. Penal Law § 200.27
Receiving reward for official misconduct in the first degree
New York · New York Penal Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
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§ 200.27 Receiving reward for official misconduct in the first degree.
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.