N.Y. PBO Law § 77
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Unlawful fees and payments
Official statutory text
§ 77. Unlawful fees and payments. A member of the legislature or any\nofficer or employee of the legislature who asks or receives or consents\nor agrees to receive any emolument, gratuity or reward or any promise of\nemolument, gratuity or reward or any money, property or thing of value\nor of personal advantage, except such as may be authorized by law, for\ndoing or omitting to do any official act, or for performing or omitting\nto perform any act whatsoever directly or indirectly related to any\nmatter in respect to which any duty or discretion is by or in pursuance\nof law imposed upon or vested in him, or may be exercised by him by\nvirtue of his office, or appointment or employment or his actual\nrelation to the matter including, without limiting the generality of the\nforegoing, approving or promoting the passage of legislation or\nresolutions or the confirmation of appointees, or the conduct of\ninvestigations, and a person who shall directly or indirectly offer or\nmake such a transfer to any member of the legislature or any officer or\nemployee of the legislature shall be guilty of a felony punishable by\nimprisonment for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than\nfive thousand dollars, or both.\n
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