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NY Elec L § 17-132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-132 - Illegal Voting.

§ 17-132. Illegal voting. Any person who:1. Knowingly votes or offers or attempts to vote at any election, when   not qualified; or,2.  Procures,  aids,  assists, counsels or advises any person to go or   come into any election district,  for  the  purpose  of  voting  at  any   election, knowing that such person is not qualified; or,3. Votes or offers or attempts to vote at an election, more than once;   or  votes  or  offers or attempts to vote at an election under any other   name than his own; or  votes  or  offers  or  attempts  to  vote  at  an   election,  in  an  election  district  or from a place where he does not   reside; or,4. Procures, aids, assists, commands or advises  another  to  vote  or   offer or attempt to vote at an election, knowing that such person is not   qualified to vote thereat; or,5. Prompts a person, applying to vote, to falsely answer questions put   to  him  by the inspectors concerning his identity or qualifications for   voting; or,6. Being an applicant for an absentee voter's ballot, makes a material   false statement in his application, or a person  who  makes  a  material   false  statement  in  a  medical  certificate  or  an affidavit filed in   connection with an application for an absentee voter's ballot; or,7. Not being a qualified absentee voter, and having knowledge or being   chargeable with knowledge of that fact, votes or attempts to vote as  an   absentee voter; or,8.  Fraudulently  signs  the  name of another upon an absentee voter's   envelope or aids in doing or  attempting  to  do  a  fraudulent  act  in   connection with an absentee vote cast or attempted to be cast; or,9. Falsely pretends or represents to the inspectors of election or any   of  them that he is incapacitated to mark his ballot, for the purpose of   obtaining assistance in voting under the provisions of this chapter,  is   guilty of a felony.Any  offer  or  attempt  under  this section shall be deemed to be the   doing of any act made necessary  by  this  chapter  preliminary  to  the   delivery  of  a ballot to an elector or the deposit of the ballot in the   ballot box or his admission to the booth or voting machine enclosure.
NY Elec L § 17-134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-134 - Unlawful Use of Pasters.

§ 17-134. Unlawful use of pasters. An election officer or other person   who  uses  a  paster,  sticker  or label upon an official ballot, at any   election, except as authorized  and  in  the  manner  provided  by  this   chapter, is guilty of a felony.
NY Elec L § 17-136 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-136 - False Returns; Unlawful Acts Respecting Returns.

§   17-136.  False  returns;  unlawful  acts  respecting  returns.  An   inspector or clerk of an election who intentionally makes,  or  attempts   to  make,  a  false  canvass  of  the ballots cast thereat, or any false   statement of the result of a canvass, though not signed by a majority of   the inspectors, or any person who induces or attempts to induce any such   inspector or clerk to do so, is guilty of a felony.
NY Elec L § 17-140 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-140 - Furnishing Money or Entertainment to Induce Attendance at Polls.

§  17-140.  Furnishing  money or entertainment to induce attendance at   polls.  Any person who directly or indirectly by himself or through  any   other person in connection with or in respect of any election during the   hours of voting on a day of a general, special or primary election gives   or  provides, or causes to be given or provided, or shall pay, wholly or   in part, for any meat, drink, tobacco, refreshment or  provision  to  or   for  any  person, other than persons who are official representatives of   the board of elections or political parties and committees  and  persons   who  are engaged as watchers, party representatives or workers assisting   the candidate, except any such  meat,  drink,  tobacco,  refreshment  or   provision  having a retail value of less than one dollar, which is given   or provided to any person in a polling place without any  identification   of  the person or entity supplying such provisions, is guilty of a Class   A misdemeanor.
NY Elec L § 17-144 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-144 - Receiving Consideration for Franchise.

§  17-144. Receiving consideration for franchise. Except as allowed by   law, any person who directly or indirectly, by himself  or  through  any   other person:1.  Receives,  agrees  or contracts for, before or during an election,   any money, gift, loan or other valuable consideration, office  place  or   employment  for  himself  or any other person, for voting or agreeing to   vote, or for coming or agreeing to come to the polls, or  for  remaining   away  or  agreeing  to  remain away from the polls, or for refraining or   agreeing to refrain from registering as a voter, or  for  refraining  or   agreeing  to  refrain from voting, or for voting or agreeing to vote, or   for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting  for  or  against  any   particular  person  or  persons  at  any election, or for or against any   proposition submitted to voters at such election; or,2. Receives any money or other  valuable  thing  during  or  after  an   election  on  account  of  himself  or  any other person having voted or   refrained from voting at such  an  election;  or  having  registered  or   refrained  from  registering as a voter, or on account of himself or any   other person having voted or refrained from voting for  or  against  any   particular  person  at  such election, or for or against any proposition   submitted to voters at such election, or on account of  himself  or  any   other person having come to the polls or remained away from the polls at   such  election,  or having registered or refrained from registering as a   voter, or on account of having induced  any  other  person  to  vote  or   refrain  from  voting  for  or  against  any  particular  person at such   election, or for or against any proposition submitted to voters at  such   election, is guilty of a felony.
NY Elec L § 17-146 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-146 - Offender a Competent Witness; Witnesses' Immunity.

§  17-146.  Offender  a  competent witness; witnesses' immunity. 1.  A   person offending against any section of  this  article  is  a  competent   witness  against  another  person  so  offending and may be compelled to   attend and testify on any trial, hearing or proceeding or  investigation   in the same manner as any other person.2.  In  any  criminal  proceeding  before  a court or grand jury for a   violation of any of the provisions of this article, the court  or  grand   jury  may  confer  immunity  in  accordance  with  the  code of criminal   procedure.
NY Elec L § 17-148 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-148 - Bribery or Intimidation of Elector in Military Service of United States.

§  17-148.  Bribery  or intimidation of elector in military service of   United States. Any person  who,  directly  or  indirectly,  by  bribery,   menace  or  any other corrupt means, controls, or attempts to control an   elector of this state enlisted in the military  service  of  the  United   States, in the exercise of his rights under the election law, or annoys,   injures or punishes him for the manner in which he exercises such right,   is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Elec L § 17-150 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-150 - Duress and Intimidation of Voters.

§ 17-150. Duress and intimidation of voters. Any person or corporation   who directly or indirectly:1.  Uses  or  threatens  to  use  any force, violence or restraint, or   inflicts or threatens to inflict any injury, damage, harm or loss, or in   any other manner practices intimidation upon or against  any  person  in   order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting for   or  against  any  particular  person  or  for or against any proposition   submitted to voters at such election, or to place or cause to be  placed   or refrain from placing or causing to be placed his name upon a registry   of  voters,  or on account of such person having voted or refrained from   voting at such election, or having voted or refrained from voting for or   against any  particular  person  or  persons,  or  for  or  against  any   proposition  submitted  to voters at such election, or having registered   or refrained from registering as a voter; or,2. By abduction, duress  or  any  forcible  or  fraudulent  device  or   contrivance  whatever impedes, prevents or otherwise interferes with the   free exercise of the  elective  franchise  by  any  voter,  or  compels,   induces  or  prevails  upon any voter to give or refrain from giving his   vote for or against any particular person at any election; or,3. Being an employer pays his employess the salary  or  wages  due  in   "pay  envelopes,"  in  which  there  is  enclosed or upon which there is   written or  printed  political  motto,  device  or  argument  containing   threats,  express  or  implied,  intended or calculated to influence the   political opinions or actions of such employees, or within  ninety  days   of a general election puts or otherwise exhibits in the establishment or   place  where his employees are engaged in labor, any handbill or placard   containing any threat, notice or information,  that  if  any  particular   ticket  or  candidate  is  elected  or  defeated,  work  in his place or   establishment will cease, in whole or in part, his establishment will be   closed up, or the wages of his  employees  reduced,  or  other  threats,   express  or  implied,  intended or calculated to influence the political   opinions or actions of his employees, is guilty of a  misdemeanor,  and,   if a corporation, shall in addition forfeit its charter.
NY Elec L § 17-152 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-152 - Conspiracy to Promote or Prevent Election.

§  17-152.  Conspiracy to promote or prevent election. Any two or more   persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to   a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon  by   one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Elec L § 17-156 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-156 - Political Assessments.

§ 17-156. Political assessments. Any officer or employee of the state,   or  of  a political subdivision thereof who, directly or indirectly uses   his authority or official  influence  to  compel  or  induce  any  other   officer  or employee of the state or a political subdivision thereof, to   pay or promise to pay any political assessment  shall  be  guilty  of  a   class  A  misdemeanor.  Nothing  herein  shall  be deemed to prohibit an   officer or employee of the state or political subdivision  thereof  from   making a voluntary contribution to a candidate or political committee.
NY Elec L § 17-160 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-160 - Procuring Fraudulent Documents in Order to Vote.

§  17-160.  Procuring  fraudulent  documents in order to vote. 1.  Any   person who knowingly and wilfully procures from any court, judge,  clerk   or  other  officer,  any  document  with intent to enable himself or any   other person to register for or vote at any election  when  he  or  such   other person is not entitled to exercise the elective franchise; or2.  Any  person  who  knowingly  and wilfully presents to any election   officer for the purpose of having himself or  any  other  person  placed   upon  any  list  or  registry  of  voters or for the purpose of enabling   himself or any other person to vote at any election, any false document,   is guilty of a felony.
NY Elec L § 17-162 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-162 - Judicial Candidates Not to Contribute.

§  17-162.  Judicial  candidates not to contribute. No candidate for a   judicial office shall, directly or indirectly, make any contribution  of   money  or  other thing of value, nor shall any contribution be solicited   of him; but a candidate for  a  judicial  office  may  make  such  legal   expenditures, other than contributions, authorized by this chapter.
NY Elec L § 17-164 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-164 - Political Contributions by Owners of Polling Places Prohibited.

§   17-164.  Political  contributions  by  owners  of  polling  places   prohibited.  A person, who being the owner of premises contracted for or   used as a place of registration or as a polling place for  any  election   or  official  primary,  who makes offers or promises to make a political   contribution to any party committee, candidate or person, or any  person   who makes, promises or offers to make any such political contribution as   an inducement for the hiring of premises owned by him for use as a place   of  registration  or polling place for any election or official primary,   shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Elec L § 17-166 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-166 - Penalty.

§  17-166.  Penalty.  Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this   article shall for a first offense be punished by  imprisonment  for  not   more  than  one  year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars   nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine   and   imprisonment.  Any  person  who,  having been convicted of a misdemeanor   under this article, shall thereafter be convicted of another misdemeanor   under this article, shall be guilty of a felony.
NY Elec L § 17-168 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-168 - Crimes Against the Elective Franchise Not Otherwise Provided For.

§ 17-168. Crimes against the elective franchise not otherwise provided   for.  Any  person  who  knowingly and wilfully violates any provision of   this chapter, which violation is not specifically covered by any of  the   previous sections of this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Elec L § 17-170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise 17-170 - Destroying or Delaying Election Returns.

§  17-170.  Destroying  or  delaying  election  returns.  A  messenger   appointed by authority of law to receive and carry a report, certificate   or certified copy of  any  statement  relating  to  the  result  of  any   election,   who  wilfully  mutilates,  tears,  defaces,  obliterates  or   destroys the same, or does any other act which prevents the delivery  of   it  as  required by law; and a person who takes away from such messenger   any such report, certificate or certified copy, with intent  to  prevent   its  delivery,  or  who  wilfully  does  any injury or other act in this   section specified, is guilty of a felony.
NY Em Dom Pro L § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDP - Eminent Domain Procedure Article 1 - Purpose; Short Title; Definitions; Applicability 101 - Purpose.

§ 101. Purpose. It is the purpose of this law to provide the exclusive   procedure  by  which property shall be acquired by exercise of the power   of eminent domain in New York state; to assure  that  just  compensation   shall be paid to those persons whose property rights are acquired by the   exercise  of  the  power of eminent domain; to establish opportunity for   public participation in the planning of  public  projects  necessitating   the  exercise  of  eminent  domain;  to  give  due regard to the need to   acquire property for public use as well as the legitimate  interests  of   private  property  owners,  local  communities  and  the  quality of the   environment, and to that end to promote and facilitate  recognition  and   careful  consideration  of  those  interests; to encourage settlement of   claims for just compensation and expedite payments to  property  owners;   to  establish  rules to reduce litigation, and to ensure equal treatment   to all property owners.
NY Em Dom Pro L § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDP - Eminent Domain Procedure Article 1 - Purpose; Short Title; Definitions; Applicability 102 - Short Title.

§  102. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the eminent domain   procedure law and may be cited as "EDPL".
NY Em Dom Pro L § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDP - Eminent Domain Procedure Article 1 - Purpose; Short Title; Definitions; Applicability 103 - Definitions.

§ 103. Definitions. As used in this law:  (A) "Acquisition" means the act of vesting of title, right or interest to, real property for a public use, benefit or purpose, by virtue of the condemnor's exercise of the power of eminent domain.  (B)  "Acquisition  map"  means the representation of the real property acquired by either a delineation of  the  perimeter  of  the  particular project  covering  the  acquisition;  together with a description of the project's perimeter boundaries and of the estate, right or  interest  in and  to  such  property  so  acquired  or  an  individual  property  map representing the estate, right or interest in and to  such  property  so acquired.  (B-1)  "Assessment  record  billing owner" means the owner, last known owner, or reputed owner, at such person's tax billing address,  of  each parcel or portion thereof, of real property which may be acquired by the condemnor for such public project, as shown on the assessment records of the  political  subdivision  in  which such parcel or portion thereof is located, as this information, in its most current form, may be  obtained from and ascertained by the assessor of each such political subdivision.  (C)  "Condemnee" means the holder of any right, title, interest, lien, charge or encumbrance in real property  subject  to  an  acquisition  or proposed acquisition.  (D)  "Condemnor"  means  any  entity  vested with the power of eminent domain.  (E)  "Person"  means   any   individual,   partnership,   corporation, association, trust, or legal entity.  (F)  "Real  property"  includes all land and improvements, lands under water, waterfront property, the water of any lake, pond or  stream,  all easements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and every estate, interest  and  right,  legal or equitable, in lands or water, and right, interest, privilege,  easement  and  franchise  relating  to  the  same, including terms for years and liens by way of mortgage or otherwise.  (G)   "Public   project"  means  any  program  or  project  for  which acquisition of property may be required for a  public  use,  benefit  or purpose.
NY Em Dom Pro L § 104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDP - Eminent Domain Procedure Article 1 - Purpose; Short Title; Definitions; Applicability 104 - Applicability.

§  104.  Applicability.  The  eminent  domain  procedure  law shall be   uniformly applied to any and all acquisitions by eminent domain of  real   property within the state of New York.
NY Em Dom Pro L § 201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDP - Eminent Domain Procedure Article 2 - Determination of the Need and Location of a Public Project Prior to Acquisition 201 - Public Hearings.

§   201.   Public  hearings.  Except  as  provided  herein,  prior  to   acquisition, the condemnor, in order to inform the public and to  review   the  public use to be served by a proposed public project and the impact   on the environment and residents of the locality where such project will   be constructed, shall conduct a public hearing in  accordance  with  the   provisions  of  this  article  at a location reasonably proximate to the   property which may be acquired for such project.
NY Em Dom Pro L § 202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDP - Eminent Domain Procedure Article 2 - Determination of the Need and Location of a Public Project Prior to Acquisition 202 - Notice.

§  202. Notice. (A) Where a public hearing is required by this article the condemnor shall give notice to the public of the purpose,  time  and location  of  its  hearing  setting  forth  the proposed location of the public project including any proposed alternate locations, at least  ten but  no  more  than  thirty days prior to such public hearing by causing such notice to be published in at least five  successive  issues  of  an official  daily  newspaper  if  there  is one designated in the locality where the project will be situated  and  in  at  least  five  successive issues  of a daily newspaper of general circulation in such locality. If the official newspaper is one of general circulation in  such  locality, publication therein as specified shall be deemed sufficient compliance.  (B) In the event that the only newspaper available in such locality is a  weekly  publication  the above described notice shall be published in such newspaper in at least two successive issues.  (C) (1) The condemnor shall  serve,  either  by  personal  service  or certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice of the purpose, time, date,  and location of a public hearing required by this article to each assessment record billing owner or his or her attorney of record.  (2) Such notice shall be served at least ten but no more  than  thirty days  prior to such public hearing. Such notice shall clearly state that those  property  owners  who  may   subsequently   wish   to   challenge condemnation of their property via judicial review may do so only on the basis of issues, facts, and objections raised at such hearing.  (D)  Inadvertent  failure  to  notify  a person or persons entitled to notice under this section shall not be jurisdictional nor  construed  to affect the validity of any title acquired by a condemnor under this law.
NY Em Dom Pro L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDP - Eminent Domain Procedure Article 2 - Determination of the Need and Location of a Public Project Prior to Acquisition 203 - Conduct of the Public Hearing.

§  203.  Conduct  of  the  public  hearing.  At the public hearing the   condemnor shall outline the  purpose,  proposed  location  or  alternate   locations  of  the public project and any other information it considers   pertinent, including maps and property descriptions of the  property  to   be  acquired and adjacent parcels.  Thereafter, any person in attendance   shall be given a reasonable opportunity to present an  oral  or  written   statement  and  to submit other documents concerning the proposed public   project. A record of  the  hearing  shall  be  kept,  including  written   statements  submitted.  Copies  of such record shall be available to the   public for examination without cost during normal business hours at  the   condemnor's  principal office and the office of the clerk or register of   the county in which the property proposed to  be  acquired  is  located.   Copies  shall be reproduced upon written request and payment of the cost   thereof. Further adjourned hearings may be scheduled.