N.Y. Penal Law Section 200.12
Bribe receiving in the first degree

A public servant is guilty of bribe receiving in the first degree when he or she solicits, accepts or agrees to accept:

(a)

any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that his or her vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced 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 220 (Controlled Substances Offenses)article two hundred twenty of this part or an attempt to commit any such class A felony; or

(b)

any benefit valued in excess of one hundred thousand dollars from another person upon an agreement or understanding that such public servant’s vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced. Bribe receiving in the first degree is a class B felony.

Source: Section 200.12 — Bribe receiving in the first degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/200.­12 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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