New York Laws
Article 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions
156 - Unauthorized Soliciting in Behalf of Civil Service Employees.

§ 156. Unauthorized soliciting in behalf of civil service employees.
Any person, not at the time a salaried officer or employee of a
department, bureau or office of the state, or of any of the counties or
cities thereof, or of any of the courts of the state, or any of the
counties or cities thereof, who shall distribute, circulate or display
any ticket, credentials, letter, letterhead, contract, agreement,
application or other written or printed matter which bears, either in
full or in part, the name, seal or insignia of any state, county or city
department, bureau, office or court, or any person not an active member
of the uniformed force, who shall wear or display the uniform or part of
the uniform thereof, or any badge, shield, medal, button, decoration, or
other insignia relating to or identified with any state, county or city
department, bureau, office or court, for the purpose of selling or
attempting to sell any ticket, book or privilege in connection with a
dinner, reception, dance, entertainment, concert, athletic exhibition,
contest or lecture, proposed to be conducted by and under the auspices
of any group or association of active or retired employees of any
department, bureau, office or court of the state or any of the counties
or cities thereof, or for the purpose of soliciting paid advertisements
or greetings for any book, pamphlet or program to be published by any
such groups or associations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for six months or
by a fine of five hundred dollars or both.