N.Y. Education Law § 410: Officials not to be interested in sales, leases or contracts

§ 410. Officials not to be interested in sales, leases or contracts.

A public officer or school officer, who is authorized to sell or lease

any property, or to make any contract in his official capacity, or to

take part in making any such sale, lease or contract, who voluntarily

becomes interested individually in such sale, lease or contract,

directly or indirectly, except in cases where such sale, lease or

contract, or payment under the same, is subject to audit or approval by

the commissioner of education, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The

provisions of this section shall not apply to municipal officers and

employees subject to article eighteen of the general municipal law.