Penal Law § 180.15

Bribing a labor official  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 180.15 Bribing a labor official.

A person is guilty of bribing a labor official when, with intent to influence a labor official in respect to any of his acts, decisions or duties as such labor official, he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon him.

Bribing a labor official is a class D felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/180.15

In plain English

A person commits bribing a labor official by giving, offering, or agreeing to give any benefit to a labor official, intending to influence the official’s acts, decisions, or duties in that role. ★ The offense is a class D felony.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.