N.Y. Penal Law Section 200.22
Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree

A person is guilty of rewarding official misconduct in the first degree when he knowingly confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a public servant 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. Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.

Source: Section 200.22 — Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/200.­22 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

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