New York Laws
Article 180 - Bribery Not Involving Public Servants, and Related Offenses
180.20 - Bribing a Labor Official; Defense.


In any prosecution for bribing a labor official, it is a defense that
the defendant conferred or agreed to confer the benefit involved upon
the labor official as a result of conduct of the latter constituting
larceny committed by means of extortion, or an attempt to commit the
same, or coercion, or an attempt to commit coercion.