{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-496.05","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 496.05","heading":"Corrupting the government in the first degree","body":"§ 496.05 Corrupting the government in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of corrupting the government in the first degree\nwhen, being a public servant, or acting in concert with a public\nservant, he or she engages in a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing\ncourse of conduct with intent to defraud the state or one or more\npolitical subdivisions of the state or one or more governmental\ninstrumentalities within the state to obtain property, actual services\nor other resources, or to obtain property, actual services or other\nresources from the state, or any political subdivision or governmental\ninstrumentality of the state by false or fraudulent pretenses,\nrepresentations or promises, and thereby wrongfully obtains such\nproperty, actual services or other resources with a value in excess of\none hundred thousand dollars.\n  Corrupting the government in the first degree is a class B felony.","path":["Penal Law","Part 4. Administrative Provisions","Title Y-2. Corrupting the Government","Article 496. Corrupting the Government"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/496.05","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"93c7727493ca3cbbc9d8c533ac6f1616b3bff4793d2d034cb836f4f2c30296ca","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-496.04","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-496.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}