{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-200.22","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 200.22","heading":"Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree","body":"§ 200.22 Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of rewarding official misconduct in the first\ndegree when he knowingly confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any\nbenefit upon a public servant for having violated his duty as a public\nservant in the investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution, or\nincarceration of any person for the commission or alleged commission of\na class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law\nor the attempt to commit any such class A felony.\n  Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title L. Offenses Against Public Administration","Article 200. Bribery Involving Public Servants and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/200.22","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"dc773a4f561aba2abd9f7441bed15aad9c26499cd6e6cbf332bddd33d3061e9b","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-200.20","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-200.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}