{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-156","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Election Law § 17-156","heading":"Political assessments","body":"§ 17-156. Political assessments. Any officer or employee of the state,\nor of a political subdivision thereof who, directly or indirectly uses\nhis authority or official influence to compel or induce any other\nofficer or employee of the state or a political subdivision thereof, to\npay or promise to pay any political assessment shall be guilty of a\nclass A misdemeanor. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit an\nofficer or employee of the state or political subdivision thereof from\nmaking a voluntary contribution to a candidate or political committee.","path":["Election Law","Article 17. Protecting the Elective Franchise","Title 1. Violations of the Elective Franchise"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ELN/17-156","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"9a0f0e381b188b6faab55eb6b53eaf8e922c68675b36f8698ba74f70630dffdd","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-154","next":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}