N.Y. Legislative Law § 4: Contempts of either house

§ 4. Contempts of either house. Each house may punish by imprisonment

not extending beyond the same session of the legislature, as for a

contempt, for the following offenses only:

1. Arresting a member or officer of either house in violation of his

privilege from arrest;

2. Disorderly conduct of its members, officers or others in the

immediate view and presence of the house, tending to interrupt its

proceedings;

3. The publication of a false and malicious report of its proceedings,

or of the conduct of a member in his legislative capacity;

4. Giving or offering a bribe to a member, or attempting, by menace or

other corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence a member in

giving or withholding his vote, or in not attending meetings of the

house of which he is a member;

5. Neglect to attend or to be examined as a witness before the house

or committee thereof, or upon reasonable notice to produce any material

books, papers, or documents, when duly required to give testimony or to

produce such books, papers or documents in a legislative proceeding,

inquiry or investigation.