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N.Y. Public Officers Law § 76: Receiving bribes by members of legislature

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  1. Public Officers Law
  2. Article 4. Powers and Duties of Public Officers

§ 76. Receiving bribes by members of legislature. A member of either

of the houses composing the legislature of this state, or a person

elected to become a member thereof, who asks, receives, or agrees to

receive any bribe upon any understanding that his official vote,

opinion, judgment or action shall be influenced thereby, or shall be

given in any particular manner or upon any particular side of any

question or matter upon which he may be required to act in his official

capacity, shall be guilty of a class D felony.

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