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N.Y. Penal Law § 180.15 (2026)

Bribing a labor official

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§ 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1975–2003 · leading case: United States v. Thomas Zichettello, Frank Richardone, Ronald Reale, Richard Hartman, James J. Lysaght, & Peter Kramer, 208 F.3d 72 (2d Cir. 2000).
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United States v. Thomas Zichettello, Frank Richardone, Ronald Reale, Richard Hartman, James J. Lysaght, & Peter Kramer, 208 F.3d 72 (2d Cir. 2000). “The defect lies not in the indictment, which limited the predicate allegations to substantive or aiding and abetting New York bribery offenses, but in its expansion through the Court’s charge to the jury, which told the jury that it could find defendants guilty based solely upon…”
Decolator, Cohen & DiPrisco, LLP v. Lysaght, Lysaght & Kramer, P.C., 304 A.D.2d 86 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 2003). “The alleged predicate acts were labor union bribery and kickbacks, acts which constituted class D felonies under New York’s Penal Law §§ 180.15 and 180.25, in exchange for legal fees from Lysaght’s major client, the New York City Transit Police Benevolent Association.”
United States v. Louis Pomponio, United States of Am. v. Charles J. Piluso, 511 F.2d 953 (4th Cir. 1975). “10 (McKinney 1973), bribery of a public servant and bribe receiving by a public servant; N.Y. Penal Law §§ 180.15 and 180.25 (McKinney 1967), bribery of a labor official and bribe receiving by a labor official; N.”
In re Kramer, 275 A.D.2d 100 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 2000). “Penal Law § 180.15 provides “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.”
In re Lysaght, 275 A.D.2d 97 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 2000). “Penal Law § 180.15 provides “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.”
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