N.Y. Public Officers Law § 3-a: Restrictions upon holding public office or employment of persons removed from office for certain reasons

§ 3-a. Restrictions upon holding public office or employment of

persons removed from office for certain reasons. Any public officer

who, upon being called before a grand jury to testify concerning the

conduct of his office or the performance of his official duties, refuses

to sign a waiver of immunity against subsequent criminal prosecution, or

to answer any relevant question concerning such matters before such

grand jury and who, by virtue thereof, has been removed from such public

office by the appropriate authority or who has forfeited such office at

the suit of the attorney general shall not be capable of holding a civil

office or public employment for a period of five years from the date of

the removal from or forfeit of such public office.