NY Real Prop L § 442 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 442 - Splitting Commissions.

§  442.  Splitting commissions. 1. No real estate broker shall pay any   part of a fee, commission or other compensation received by  the  broker   to  any  person  for  any  service, help or aid rendered in any place in   which this article is applicable,  by  such  person  to  the  broker  in   buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, renting or negotiating a loan upon   any  real  estate  including  the resale of a condominium or cooperative   apartment unless such a person be a duly licensed real  estate  salesman   regularly  associated  with  such  broker or a duly licensed real estate   broker or a person  regularly  engaged  in  the  real  estate  brokerage   business  in  a  state  outside  of  New  York;  provided, however, that   notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  this  section,  it  shall  be   permissible  for  a  real  estate  broker  to  pay  any  part  of a fee,   commission, or other compensation received to an unlicensed  corporation   or  an  unlicensed limited liability company if each of its shareholders   or members, respectively, is associated as an individual with the broker   as a duly licensed associate broker or salesman.2. Furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision of law,  it  shall   be  permissible  for  a  broker  properly  registered  pursuant  to  the   provisions of article twenty-three-A of the  general  business  law  who   earns  a  commission on the original sale of a cooperative or homeowners   association interest in real estate, including condominium units to  pay   any  part  of  a  fee,  commission  or  other  compensation received for   bringing about such sale to a person whose principal business is not the   sale or offering of cooperatives or homeowners association interests  in   real  property,  including  condominium  units  in this state but who is   either: (i) a real estate salesman duly licensed under this article  who   is  regularly  associated  with such broker; (ii) a broker duly licensed   under this article; or a person regularly engaged  in  the  real  estate   brokerage business in a state outside of New York.Except  when  permitted  pursuant  to the foregoing provisions of this   section no real estate broker shall pay or agree to pay any  part  of  a   fee,  commission,  or other compensation received by the broker, or due,   or to become due to the broker to any person, firm or corporation who or   which is or is to be a party to  the  transaction  in  which  such  fee,   commission  or  other compensation shall be or become due to the broker;   provided, however, that nothing in this section shall  prohibit  a  real   estate  broker  from  offering  any  part of a fee, commission, or other   compensation received by the broker to the seller,  buyer,  landlord  or   tenant   who   is  buying,  selling,  exchanging,  leasing,  renting  or   negotiating a loan upon any  real  estate  including  the  resale  of  a   condominium  or  cooperative  apartment.  Such fee, commission, or other   compensation must not be made to the seller, buyer, landlord  or  tenant   for performing any activity requiring a license under this article.