N.Y. Penal Law Section 180.20
Bribing a labor official

defense

In any prosecution for bribing a labor official, it is a defense that the defendant conferred or agreed to confer the benefit involved upon the labor official 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.

Source: Section 180.20 — Bribing a labor official; defense, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/180.20 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 24, 2026).

180.00
Commercial bribing in the second degree 180.03
Commercial bribing in the first degree 180.05
Commercial bribe receiving in the second degree 180.08
Commercial bribe receiving in the first degree 180.10
Bribery of labor official 180.15
Bribing a labor official 180.20
Bribing a labor official 180.25
Bribe receiving by a labor official 180.30
Bribe receiving by a labor official 180.35
Sports bribery and tampering 180.40
Sports bribing 180.45
Sports bribe receiving 180.50
Tampering with a sports contest in the second degree 180.51
Tampering with a sports contest in the first degree 180.52
Impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system in the second degree 180.53
Impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system in the first degree 180.54
Rent gouging 180.55
Rent gouging in the third degree 180.56
Rent gouging in the second degree 180.57
Rent gouging in the first degree

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Original Source: Section 180.20 — Bribing a labor official; defense, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/180.20 (last accessed Jan. 24, 2026).

N.Y. Penal Law Section 180.20 Bribing a labor official

N.Y. Penal Law Section 180.20
Bribing a labor official