N.Y. Penal Law § 215.45: Compounding a crime

§ 215.45 Compounding a crime.

1. A person is guilty of compounding a crime when:

(a) He solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an

agreement or understanding that he will refrain from initiating a

prosecution for a crime; or

(b) He confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon

another person upon an agreement or understanding that such other person

will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime.

2. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense

that the benefit did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably

believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by

the crime.

Compounding a crime is a class A misdemeanor.