N.Y. Election Law § 17-110: Misdemeanors concerning police commissioners or officers or members of any police force

§ 17-110. Misdemeanors concerning police commissioners or officers or

members of any police force. Any person who, being a police commissioner

or any officer or member of any police force in this state:

1. Uses or threatens or attempts to use his official power or

authority, in any manner, directly or indirectly, in aid of or against

any political party, organization, association or society, or to

control, affect, influence, reward or punish, the political adherence,

affiliation, action, expression or opinion of any citizen; or

2. Appoints, promotes, transfers, retires or punishes an officer or

member of a police force, or asks for or aids in the promotion,

transfer, retirement or punishment of an officer or member of a police

force because of the party adherence or affiliation of such officer or

member, or for or on the request, direct or indirect, of any political

party, organization, association or society, or of any officer, member

of a committee or representative official or otherwise of any political

party, organization, association or society; or

3. Solicits, collects or receives any money for, any political fund,

club, association, society or committee, is guilty of a misdemeanor.