N.Y. Penal Law Section 135.70
Coercion

  • no defense
The crimes of (a) coercion and attempt to commit coercion, and

(b)

bribe receiving by a labor official as defined in section 180.20, and bribe receiving as defined in section 200.05, are not mutually exclusive, and it is no defense to a prosecution for coercion or an attempt to commit coercion that, by reason of the same conduct, the defendant also committed one of such specified crimes of bribe receiving.

Source: Section 135.70 — Coercion; no defense, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/135.­70 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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