New York § 496.03 Corrupting the government in the third degree

New York Statutes

§ 496.03 — Corrupting the government in the third degree

New York § 496.03

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Title Y-2Corrupting the Government

Part 4Administrative Provisions

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N.Y. Penal § 496.03 (2026).

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§ 496.03 Corrupting the government in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of corrupting the government in the third 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 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

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§ 496.03 Corrupting the government in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of corrupting the government in the third 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 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 thousand dollars.\n Corrupting the government in the third degree is a class D felony.\n