N.Y. Penal Law § 460.50: Enterprise corruption; prosecution

§ 460.50 Enterprise corruption; prosecution.

1. Subject to the provisions of section 460.60 of this article, a

charge of enterprise corruption may be prosecuted by: (a) the district

attorney of any county with jurisdiction over the offense pursuant to

section 460.40 of this article; (b) the deputy attorney general in

charge of the statewide organized crime task force when authorized by

subdivision seven of section seventy-a of the executive law; or (c) the

attorney general when he is otherwise authorized by law to prosecute

each of the criminal acts specifically included in the pattern of

criminal activity alleged in the enterprise corruption charge.

2. For purposes of paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this section, a

criminal act or an offense is specifically included in a pattern of

criminal activity when the count of the accusatory instrument charging a

person with enterprise corruption alleges a pattern of criminal activity

and the act is alleged to be a criminal act within the pattern of

criminal activity.